The Minister Of Manpower Accommodates Apindo's Proposal Regarding The Industrial UMP

Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Yassierli /ANTARA / Sinta Ambar

JAKARTA - Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Yassierli revealed that his party has accommodated proposals from the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) regarding the minimum wage in certain industries, including labor-intensive industries.

"They convey their concern regarding several types of industries that are experiencing financial difficulties, please pay attention, then it is normal to be related to economic conditions, investment absorption and so on, we will consider later," said the Minister of Manpower as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, November 25.

He explained that there had been no decision regarding the proposed labor-intensive industry minimum wage proposed by Apindo. In the meeting for more than an hour, he admitted that there had been no decision and was more dominated by accommodating proposals.

"We have included everything, meaning that we have done MEANingful participation," he said.

Then about the issue of the distribution of the two categories of wages in the Minister of Manpower and Manpower of the 2025 UMP determination, he also rejected this and called it only a discussion material.

"No (the division of the two wage categories) was initial discussions, the essence is that we want to protect companies that are experiencing financial difficulties, how, it turns out that it is not as simple as separating labor-intensive labor-intensive," he said.

However, the focus or purpose of this is that the Ministry of Manpower wants to increase workers' income while still paying attention to business competitiveness.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) for Manpower Bob Azam revealed that during a meeting with the Minister of Manpower, Apindo discussed increasing productivity and wages.

As well as several proposals regarding labor-intensive industries, so that labor-intensive investors in Indonesia continue to grow.

"We just say that there need to be considerations. So that it is labor-intensive, it also continues to invest in Indonesia," he said.