Dilematika Penetapan Upah Minimum

In the effort of creating appropiare wage for employees, it is necessary to determine the wages by considering the increase of poverty without ignoring the increase of productivity, the progressivity of companies and the growth of economic. The new minimum wages in the provincial level and the regoinalImunicipality level have been implemented per 1st January in Indonesia since 2001. The determination of minimum wage for provinvial level should he done 30 days before 1st January, whereas the determination of minimumwage for regional/municipality level should he done 40 days before 1st January. Moreover,ihere is an article which governs Met the minimumwage will be revised annually By considering the time of determination and the time of revision above, it can be predicted that before and after the determination date will be crucial time. This is because the controversy among parties in industrial relationships will arise. The determination of minimum wage will always become a dilemmatic step which has to be done by the Government. Through this policy, on one side the government attempts to attract many investors, however, on the other side the government also has to protect the employees in order to have the appropiate wage in accordance with the standard of living Kara kunci : penetapan upah minimum, dilematika