Employers Reject The UMP 5.1 Percent, Deputy Governor Of DKI Riza Patria: If You Want To Be Successful, You Must Pay Attention To The Welfare Of Employees

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patrai (Photo: Twitter @ArizaPatria)

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria responded to protests from businessmen regarding the revision of the 2022 provincial minimum wage (UMP) increase from 0.85 percent to 5.1 percent.

Riza asked employers to understand that DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's decision to increase the nominal UMP was for justice and to improve the welfare of workers. He thinks that entrepreneurs will be able to progress if their workers are prosperous.

"Entrepreneurs want their business to progress and be successful. If they want to progress and be successful, they must show justice, they must also pay attention to the welfare of their employees. Therefore, entrepreneurs cannot do without workers, workers cannot without entrepreneurs," said Riza at City Hall, Tuesday, December 21.

Moreover, he said, revealing that the employers' association did not raise its objection when the option arose that the UMP be increased to 5 percent, in the UMP formulation meeting that was previously held. This meeting involved the DKI Provincial Government, the DKI Wage Council, employers' associations, and trade unions.

"In the past, when we met at the beginning of the wage council, we honestly received that all parties, even businessmen in the meeting, did not object to 5 percent," he said.

Therefore, Riza continued, Anies finally decided to revise the amount of the increase in the UMP in 2022 from 0.85 percent to 5.1 percent after reviewing the formula that was considered from inflation and economic growth.

For information, Anies changed the UMP increase from 0.85 percent to 5.1 percent. In 2021, DKI's UMP is IDR 4,416,186. If it increases by 0.85 percent or Rp. 37,749, the 2022 UMP will become Rp. 4,453,935. Then, when Anies raises 5.1 percent or Rp. 225,667, the UMP for DKI next year will be Rp. 4,641,854.

This decision was protested by the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo). Apindo Chairman Hariyadi Sukamdani assessed that DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan had violated wage regulations related to the revision of the DKI Jakarta provincial minimum wage (UMP) increase in 2022.

"In this case, we see that the regional head, the Governor of DKI Jakarta, has violated the wage regulations, namely those in Government Regulation (PP) Number 36 of 2021 concerning Wages," said Hariyadi.

Hariyadi said Anies violated the provisions in the PP Wages, in particular Article 26 concerning Procedures for Calculation of the Minimum Wage; Article 27 regarding UMP; and Article 29 regarding the time for determining the minimum wage that should be for the province no later than November 21, 2021.

Hariyadi urged Anies to withdraw the decision to revise the UMP increase by 5.1 percent. If not, Apindo will sue Anies to the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN).

"We will sue the revised results to the PTUN and coordinated by Apindo DKI. Regarding that, we are waiting for the governor's regulation before proceeding to the PTUN," he said.