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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Christina Desy, Ady Thea DA
Approaching year’s end, provincial governments are usually occupied with determining minimum provincial wages (Upah Minimum Provinsi - UMP) for the following year. Provincial governments begin the process by first specifying the decent living needs (Kebutuhan Hidup Layak – KHL), as the basis for determining UMP.
The Jakarta Provincial Government, for instance, initiated this process in August. Priyono, Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Office, stated that the KHL is still being discussed by a team. The team targets to finish its work on the plan this week.
According to Mr. Priyono, discussion is time-consuming and filled with various opinions on KHL components, as regulated under Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Regulation No. 13 of 2012 on Components and Implementation of the Decent Life Fulfillment.
In general, KHL components consist of an employees’ needs for food, clothing, housing, health, education, and transportation. Amongst others, the 2014 KHL team is currently discussing the monthly expenses for milk.
“The regulation sets a 900 gram threshold for monthly milk needs, while the available volume on the market is 800 grams, thus the team must determine and agree on the per-gram milk price first,” Mr. Priyono elaborated in a statement at Jakarta City Hall on Wednesday.
Prior to initiating the process, the Jakarta Provincial Government conducted a survey to estimate the 2014 KHL. Assisted by the Jakarta Statistics Agency, the survey resulted in the number IDR 2,311,000 for the 2014 KHL, however, this was rejected by most workers in Jakarta.
Dedi Hartono, member of Jakarta’s Wage Council representing the Workers Union, informed that the employee’s response was proposing a new number of IDR 3,051,000. By doing so, worker’s expect the proposed number to boost the 2015 UMP up to at least IDR 3 million.
Furthermore, Mr. Hartono finds the survey results odd. One of his concerns is that several KHL components have been miscalculated. Monthly water needs, for example, was determined at IDR 9 thousand, while average monthly water expenses may reach up to IDR 50 thousandfor tap water, and IDR 39 thousand for mineral water.
“Additionally employees also need to spend money on their monthly drinking water consumption, which can cost them another IDR 39 thousand,” Mr. Hartono added.
Asrial Chaniago, member of Jakarta’s Wage Council from the Indonesian Employers Association, shares Mr. Hartono’s view. Considering that the current regulation does not include a drinking water element as one of the KHL components, Mr. Chaniago believes that the regulation must be revised.
(hot/kc)
Christina Desy, Ady Thea DA
Approaching year’s end, provincial governments are usually occupied with determining minimum provincial wages (Upah Minimum Provinsi - UMP) for the following year. Provincial governments begin the process by first specifying the decent living needs (Kebutuhan Hidup Layak – KHL), as the basis for determining UMP.
The Jakarta Provincial Government, for instance, initiated this process in August. Priyono, Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Office, stated that the KHL is still being discussed by a team. The team targets to finish its work on the plan this week.
According to Mr. Priyono, discussion is time-consuming and filled with various opinions on KHL components, as regulated under Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Regulation No. 13 of 2012 on Components and Implementation of the Decent Life Fulfillment.
In general, KHL components consist of an employees’ needs for food, clothing, housing, health, education, and transportation. Amongst others, the 2014 KHL team is currently discussing the monthly expenses for milk.
“The regulation sets a 900 gram threshold for monthly milk needs, while the available volume on the market is 800 grams, thus the team must determine and agree on the per-gram milk price first,” Mr. Priyono elaborated in a statement at Jakarta City Hall on Wednesday.
Prior to initiating the process, the Jakarta Provincial Government conducted a survey to estimate the 2014 KHL. Assisted by the Jakarta Statistics Agency, the survey resulted in the number IDR 2,311,000 for the 2014 KHL, however, this was rejected by most workers in Jakarta.
Dedi Hartono, member of Jakarta’s Wage Council representing the Workers Union, informed that the employee’s response was proposing a new number of IDR 3,051,000. By doing so, worker’s expect the proposed number to boost the 2015 UMP up to at least IDR 3 million.
Furthermore, Mr. Hartono finds the survey results odd. One of his concerns is that several KHL components have been miscalculated. Monthly water needs, for example, was determined at IDR 9 thousand, while average monthly water expenses may reach up to IDR 50 thousandfor tap water, and IDR 39 thousand for mineral water.
“Additionally employees also need to spend money on their monthly drinking water consumption, which can cost them another IDR 39 thousand,” Mr. Hartono added.
Asrial Chaniago, member of Jakarta’s Wage Council from the Indonesian Employers Association, shares Mr. Hartono’s view. Considering that the current regulation does not include a drinking water element as one of the KHL components, Mr. Chaniago believes that the regulation must be revised.
(hot/kc)