A labourer uses a torch while working on a renovation site of a shopping mall in Jakarta on Friday. (Reuters photo)
Indonesia’s capital Jakarta will increase minimum wages next year for select businesses despite a government advisory to keep pay unchanged to avoid further job losses during the pandemic.
The monthly minimum wage will rise by 3.27% to 4.42 million rupiah (9,400 baht) in 2021 for workers in businesses less impacted by the virus outbreak, according to Governor Anies Baswedan. The condition is that they should be able to operate as usual and help support economic growth in the city, he said in a statement late Saturday.
Businesses impacted by the pandemic can submit a request to the local manpower agency to have the increase waived.
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