Minimum wage in E. Kalimantan set

Minimum wage in E. Kalimantan set

The East Kalimantan governor issued a decree on Monday
stipulating the monthly minimum wage was hiked to Rp 500,000 for
the 2002 fiscal year from the current Rp 300,000.

The deputy chief of the local manpower and transmigration
ministry office Syahrial A.B., said the decree was endorsed on
Nov. 15, 2001 and was scheduled to be effective starting on Jan
1. 2002.

"The decision is made after a tripartite negotiation between
local employers, the labor representatives, local government was
deadlocked. They then gave up the matters to (East Kalimantan)
Governor Suwarna A.F., to decide," Syahrial said, adding the
dialog had been carried out since August.

Previously the minimum wage was determined by the manpower
ministry but since the implementation of the regional autonomy,
it became the task of the provincial wage commission to discuss
and to set the value. The commission consist of representatives
of businesspeople, labors and officials from local manpower
agency. --Antara