We hope that through the appeal, the provincial minimum wage will remain at Rp4,641,852 (US$311), in accordance with the Governor’s Decision No. 1517 of 2021, and will not be canceledJakarta (ANTARA) - The Jakarta provincial government has decided to appeal the Jakarta State Administrative Court's (PTUN's) verdict overturning the Jakarta Governor’s Decision No. 1517 of 2021 on the 2022 Provincial Minimum Wage.
The verdict was issued in a lawsuit filed by several entrepreneurs against the gubernatorial decision.
"We hope that through the appeal, the provincial minimum wage will remain at Rp4,641,852 (US$311), in accordance with the Governor’s Decision No. 1517 of 2021, and will not be canceled," the Jakarta provincial authority's legal bureau head, Yayan Yuhanah, said here on Wednesday.
The decision to appeal the verdict was made following a comprehensive study of the judges' decisions while respecting their verdict, she added.
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The bureau head said that the provincial authority has decided to file an appeal considering the need for a proper minimum wage increase to balance the workers' living standard and well-being with the inflation level.
"The minimum wage set by the governor’s decision has considered the inflation level, as well as the workers' living standard and well-being," Yuhanah stated.
Earlier, the Jakarta PTUN granted all claims from the plaintiff—the Jakarta Regional Leadership Council of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo)—and overturned the governor's minimum wage regulation.
In addition to revoking the regulation, the Jakarta PTUN, in its ruling, also asked Governor Anies Baswedan to issue a new decree regarding the 2022 provincial minimum wage of Rp4,573,845 (US$306) that is based on the recommendation of the Jakarta Wage Council.
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The court also fined the governor, as the defendant, and the intervening defendants II to jointly pay the case fee amounting to Rp642 thousand.
Expressing his opposition to the verdict, the Indonesian Trade Union Confederation's (KSPI's) Jakarta regional branch head, Winarso, said that it is not possible to modify the minimum wage in the seventh month of the implementation of the regulation, as doing so might cause conflicts between workers and employers.
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