Four variants on minimum wage set

Four variants on minimum wage set

BEKASI: Unlike his Jakarta counterpart, West Java Governor
Danny Setiawan has decided to regulate minimum wages for workers
in Bekasi, Jakarta's neighboring city, according to business
sectors.

While Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has set the minimum wage for
workers in 2006 at Rp 819,100 for all business sectors here, Dany
has grouped business sectors into four categories with different
minimum wages.

The first category includes automotive, chemical, rubber,
paper, pharmaceuticals and metal and electronics businesses, with
a minimum salary of Rp 824,026.

The second group -- musical instruments, food, beverages,
metal by-products, autoparts, communications, electronics
components, construction -- carries a salary of Rp 822,073.

The third group -- timber, garments, banking, insurance, hotel
industry, export/import trading, textiles, shoes -- has a minimum
wage of Rp 820,121.

The last category, which includes small- and medium- scale
enterprises, has a minimum wage of Rp 781,067. --JP