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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Ady TD Achmad, Robert Sidauruk
Timboel Siregar, Secretary General of All-Indonesia Workers Organization (OPSI), believes that the Government should strengthen the Wage Council because of the important role it plays in providing recommendations on minimum wages at the provincial and regent/municipality level.
This could be done through proper funding allocations from Regional Budgets by the respective regional governments. Timboel is concerned that if budget allocations are inadequate, the Wage Council will not be able to fully perform its duties, especially with respect to activities that require considerable funds.
For instance, Timboel took the example of the Decent Living Needs Variables Survey. This survey is important to determine recommendations for minimum wages at the provincial and regency/municipality level. The survey requires considerably funding for its implementation and if funding is inadequate, the implementation of proper survey methodology may be hindered which may consequently affect the accuracy of results.
“To a certain extent, the insufficient funds issue may also create an independency bias of members of the Wage Council in providing a recommendations,” said Timboel in Jakarta on Friday.
Previously, Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, has advised regional governments to increase their fund allocations to the Wage Council from their Regional Budgets.
It is hoped that additional funding will improve the Wage Council’s performance in preparing its recommendations on the levels for provincial and regency/municipality minimum wages in 2014.
However, Timboel believes that such efforts alone are not enough. He urges the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration to issue policy in form of a directive on minimum budget allocations for the Wage Council. By doing so, all regional governments would be bound to implement the policy.
Dedi Hartono, an employee representative at the DKI Jakarta Wage Council, agreed that the insufficient budget allocation will surely affect the independency of Wage Council members in performing their duties.
Interestingly, Dedi expressed a different view about the funding issue from the perspective of his current position as a member of the DKI Jakarta Regional Wage Council.
Dedi said that he is of the view that the current annual budget allocation of approximately IDR 1 billion is sufficient to cover all the tasks of the DKI Jakarta Wage Council. Nevertheless, he added that transparency on the use of the funds remains a big problem.
Dedi explained that labor representatives at of the DKI Jakarta Wage Council did not know the precise budget allocation from the Regional Office of Manpower and Transmigration.
This transparency issue is also the reason why the funds are spent for unproductive meetings without any real significant results.
“We (DKI Jakarta Wage Council) keep encouraging the Regional Office of Manpower and Transmigration to be more transparent when it comes to budget allocation,” said Dedi.
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Ady TD Achmad, Robert Sidauruk
Timboel Siregar, Secretary General of All-Indonesia Workers Organization (OPSI), believes that the Government should strengthen the Wage Council because of the important role it plays in providing recommendations on minimum wages at the provincial and regent/municipality level.
This could be done through proper funding allocations from Regional Budgets by the respective regional governments. Timboel is concerned that if budget allocations are inadequate, the Wage Council will not be able to fully perform its duties, especially with respect to activities that require considerable funds.
For instance, Timboel took the example of the Decent Living Needs Variables Survey. This survey is important to determine recommendations for minimum wages at the provincial and regency/municipality level. The survey requires considerably funding for its implementation and if funding is inadequate, the implementation of proper survey methodology may be hindered which may consequently affect the accuracy of results.
“To a certain extent, the insufficient funds issue may also create an independency bias of members of the Wage Council in providing a recommendations,” said Timboel in Jakarta on Friday.
Previously, Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, has advised regional governments to increase their fund allocations to the Wage Council from their Regional Budgets.
It is hoped that additional funding will improve the Wage Council’s performance in preparing its recommendations on the levels for provincial and regency/municipality minimum wages in 2014.
However, Timboel believes that such efforts alone are not enough. He urges the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration to issue policy in form of a directive on minimum budget allocations for the Wage Council. By doing so, all regional governments would be bound to implement the policy.
Dedi Hartono, an employee representative at the DKI Jakarta Wage Council, agreed that the insufficient budget allocation will surely affect the independency of Wage Council members in performing their duties.
Interestingly, Dedi expressed a different view about the funding issue from the perspective of his current position as a member of the DKI Jakarta Regional Wage Council.
Dedi said that he is of the view that the current annual budget allocation of approximately IDR 1 billion is sufficient to cover all the tasks of the DKI Jakarta Wage Council. Nevertheless, he added that transparency on the use of the funds remains a big problem.
Dedi explained that labor representatives at of the DKI Jakarta Wage Council did not know the precise budget allocation from the Regional Office of Manpower and Transmigration.
This transparency issue is also the reason why the funds are spent for unproductive meetings without any real significant results.
“We (DKI Jakarta Wage Council) keep encouraging the Regional Office of Manpower and Transmigration to be more transparent when it comes to budget allocation,” said Dedi.
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