Minimum wage in Lampung hiked

Minimum wage in Lampung hiked

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: The provincial government will
increase the standard daily minimum wage from Rp 3,000 (US$1.5)
to Rp 3,500 as of April next year.

The local branch of the All-Indonesian Workers Union (SPSI)
welcomed the plan yesterday and said that the government should
see to it that employers abide by the regulation.

"The pay rise is very reasonable for Lampung and I see no
reason why employers should have any objections," deputy local
SPSI chairman M. Tahir Rajakapitan said.

The provincial government has asked local employers to make
the "necessary preparations" so that they could implement the
regulation when it is put into effect, Antara reported.

But the news was received with skepticism by the local chapter
of Indonesian Entrepreneurs Association, which argued that the
increase was "too much" for most of its members here. (pan)