$1.3 wage rise too much

$1.3 wage rise too much

PEMALANG, Central Java: An estimated 60 percent of companies
throughout the province are unable to pay the standard daily
minimum wage of Rp 3,000 (US$1.3), Governor Soewardi said.

According to Soewardi, approximately 30 percent of companies
in the province are small-scale home industries which are
financially weak, Antara reported.

The government has raised the minimum daily wage level in
Central Java from Rp 2,850 to Rp 3,000 effective as of April 1.

Soewardi called on companies to abide by the government's new
policy on the minimum wage level because prices have been going
up following the recent announcement on the plan to raise the
salaries of civil servants. (pan)