Not Rise, West Java UMP 2021 Determined By Governor Ridwan Kamil IDR 1.8 Million

West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil (DOK. Pemprov West Java)

JAKARTA - Governor of West Java (West Java) M Ridwan Kamil set the West Java provincial minimum wage (UMP) in 2021 of IDR 1,810,351. The value of the West Java UMP in 2021 is the same as the value of the West Java UMP in 2020, aka there is no increase.

This decision was stated in the Decree of the Governor of West Java Number 561 / Kep.722-Yanbangsos / 2020 concerning the West Java Province Minimum Wage in 2021.

Head of the West Java Province Manpower and Transmigration Service (Disnakertrans) Rachmat Taufik Garsadi, said the West Java Provincial Government's UMP determination for 2021 referred to the circular of the Minister of Manpower Number M / 11 / HK.04 / X / 2020 concerning the Determination of the 2021 Minimum Wage During the Corona Pandemic Period Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

"This is based on the determination of the West Java UMP for 2021," said Taufik as quoted by Antara, Saturday, October 31

The 2021 UMP, continued Taufik, is the basis for all regencies and cities in West Java as a social safety net in determining district / city drinking wages or UMK.

"So there should be no more municipalities under the UMP. For this UMK, city districts have until November 21, later for the city districts it is the UMK, so we hope the data is clearer and this circular has strength in accordance with existing legal regulations," he said. he.

Taufik said that to increase the UMP, a calculation is needed referring to the decent living needs survey (KHL), the results of provincial economic growth, and the inflation rate.

However, the West Java Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has not yet released the latest data.

"Until now, we have not received the latest release from BPS. Because they will only release inflation data on November 2 and economic growth on November 4," said Taufik.

According to him, with the absence of this data, the West Java Provincial Government tries to refer to the latest data, namely the second quarter of 2020 and based on West Java BPS data, West Java's economic growth in the second quarter of 2020 experienced a contraction of -5.98 percent.