Ridwan Kamil Gives Wage Solution, Find A Formula For Workers Who Have Been Working For Over 1 Year

Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, provided a number of solutions regarding wages when meeting with the labor union at Gedung Sate, Bandung City.

Ridwan Kamil in his written statement on Friday said the meeting was held to hear complaints and provide solutions to workers related to the increase in the City/Regency Minimum Wage (UMK).

According to Ridwan Kamil, he does not have the authority to change the UMK because only the central government can determine the mechanism for calculating the UMK.

"Earlier I received the representatives of the workers, I conveyed that regional heads, regents, governors outside DKI do not have the authority to change the UMK. Because the formula is determined from the center, including if there are different efforts, there is an affirmation from the Minister of Home Affairs that it cannot be done because it does not work. there is authority," said Ridwan Kamil, quoted from Antara, Saturday, December 25.

On that occasion, Ridwan Kamil offered a solution to workers and laborers in West Java related to wages in 2022, for example, by finding a calculation formula for workers with more than a year of service.

"But to the workers, I conveyed that the UMK/UMP is for workers who have not yet reached one year. If one year has passed, the regulations are still empty," said the man who is often called Kang Emil.

According to Ridwan Kamil, the Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) and UMK only regulates or is intended for workers with a one-year working period. As for workers/labourers with a working period of more than 1 year, the prevailing wage is based on the structure and scale of wages.

"So I invite the discussion so that workers focus on how to calculate wages after one year so that the majority will get better justice than if they now ask us to do things that are not in accordance with their authority. Because the governor's job is only to determine not to correct," he said.

As is known, the UMK of 27 districts/cities has been determined using the calculation of PP 36/2021 which is a derivative of the Omnibus Law. The UMK will take effect January 1, 2022 and there is no suspension for entrepreneurs.