Presiden Prabowo Mengarah Perumusan Wage Minimum Pascaputusan MK

Minister Of Manpower Yassierli/ANTARA/Rangga Pandu Asmara Jingga

JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto conveyed a number of directions to the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) regarding the government's strategic steps in responding to the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) regarding the judicial review of the Job Creation Law.

Minister of Manpower Yassierli said one of these directives was related to the formulation of sectoral minimum wage (UMS) for workers.

"Earlier, we talked a lot about the minimum wage because this is what our daily life will be in the next 2 days," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, November 4.

Yassierli, who is also the Professor of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), emphasized that the government respects the results of the Constitutional Court's decision and has held a series of discussions with the National Wage Council.

At his meeting with the President, the Minister of Manpower explained that they had involved representatives of trade unions and employers' associations through the National Tripartite Cooperation Institute (LKS).

Through the forum, said Yassierli, the aspirations of both parties have been accommodated and conveyed to the President, then gave directions for the next steps.

The Minister of Manpower said that his party had a deadline of November 7, 2024 to formulate the results of this discussion. Furthermore, it will be stated in the form of a circular or regulation of the Minister of Manpower to be announced to governors throughout Indonesia.

"The directive from the President is very clear and later friends, please wait, what will our formulation look like in 2 days," he said.

Yassierli ensures that the formulation related to MS is currently underway. This is a short-term work priority, while in the long term there are still around 20 articles or norms that must be discussed one by one.

The Constitutional Court in its decision requires the re-implementation of the UMS as stipulated in the Constitutional Court Decision Number 168/PUU-XXII/2024 which granted some of the demands that came from a number of trade unions regarding employment issues in the latest Job Creation Law.

"Declaring Article 88C in Article 81 number 28 Attachment to Law Number 6 of 2023... contradicts the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and does not have binding legal force as long as it is not interpreted, including the governor is obliged to set sectoral minimum wages in the province and can be for districts/cities," the Constitutional Court wrote in its decision.