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Title JAKARTA SETS PROVINCIAL MINIMUM WAGE FOR 2020
Media Name antaranews.com
Pub. Date 01 November 2019
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The UMP which was set at Rp3,940,000 (around US$280) in 2019 is likely to increase
by Rp335,776 (US$23.93) Jakarta - The Jakarta government has announced its 2020
provincial minimum wage (UMP) of Rp4,276,349.86 (around US$304), an increase of
8.51 percent from the 2019 UMP, Governor of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan announced at
the City Hall, Friday.

"The UMP which was set at Rp3,940,000 (around US$280) in 2019 is likely to increase
by Rp335,776 (US$23.93)," Baswedan said.

The nominal increase was in line with the central government's law for which on
October 15, 2019, then Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri issued a circular to
governors of all provinces on inflation and gross domestic product (GDP) growth of
2019, he stressed.

As per Point No. 9, Indonesia's inflation until September, 2019, was 3.39 percent,
while the GDP was 5.12 percent. And these numbers were the basis for the UMP's
nominal increase.

According to the Government Regulation Number 78 of 2015 Article 44 Paragraph 1
and 2 concerning the remuneration, the UMP's increase took into account the
formula of national inflation and GDP growth. (INE) Related news: Minimum wage
calculated based on inflation rate: Minister Related news: Minimum wage should
favor both people and country: ILO chief.

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