JAKARTA - The Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah, has written to the Governors who set the 2022 provincial minimum wage (UMP) not in accordance with PP No. 36 of 2021 concerning Wages.
The letter is also sent to regional heads at the district/city level who do not set the Regency/City Minimum Wage (UMK) in their area by referring to the PP.
"Against the governors who set the 2022 UMP not in accordance with the PP formula No. 36/2021, the Minister of Manpower has written to each of the said governors to adjust the determination of the 2022 minimum wage with the provisions of the applicable laws and regulations," said the Director General of PHI and Social Security Ministry of Manpower, Indah Anggoro Putri, Saturday, January 1st.
Putri explained that the letter emphasized to the Governors to comply with the applicable rules regarding wages.
"The Ministry of Manpower has also written to the Governor who stipulates that the UMK in 2022 is not in accordance with PP No. 36 of 2021," he said.
Based on the monitoring results of the Ministry of Manpower on December 31, 2021, said Putri, of the 34 provinces that have set the UMP in 2022, there are 29 provinces that set the UMP according to the PP formula No. 36 of 2021. In addition, there are 27 provinces that have the UMK in 252 regencies/cities .
"Of this number, as many as 236 MSEs have been set according to PP No. 36 of 2021," he said.
Putri emphasized that PP Number 36 of 2021 is a derivative rule of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation, which mandates that setting minimum wages is part of a national strategic program.
"According to Article 4 of PP Number 36 of 2021, the Regional Government in implementing the wage policy must be guided by the policies of the Central Government," he stressed.
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