Abstract

This study aims to determine how law enforcement is carried out by labor inspectors against employers who pay wages lower than the minimum wage. The method used in this paper is sociological juridical. The conclusion of this paper is that law enforcement on the payment of wages below the minimum wage is carried out gradually through preventive educational efforts, repressive nonyustisia to repressive yustisia. It is hoped that through this process the employer can pay the lowest wage according to the minimum wage so that punishment is the last alternative (ultimum remedium).

Highlights

  • Wages are the most important thing in employment, because the purpose of working people is to get wages that will be used to meet their daily needs

  • The regulation regarding the obligation of employers to pay wages according to the minimum wage is regulated in Article 90 paragraph (1) of Act No 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower which has been revoked and re-regulated under Article 81 paragraph (25) of Act No 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation, namely Article 88 letter E paragraph (2), that "Entrepreneurs are prohibited from paying wages lower than the minimum wage"

  • Sanctions on the provisions of the minimum wage payment are regulated inArticle 185 Act No 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower which has been amended by Article 81 paragraph (63) of Act No 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation is regulated regarding sanctions, that(1)

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Introduction

Wages are the most important thing in employment, because the purpose of working people is to get wages that will be used to meet their daily needs. The regulation regarding the obligation of employers to pay wages according to the minimum wage is regulated in Article 90 paragraph (1) of Act No 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower which has been revoked and re-regulated under Article 81 paragraph (25) of Act No 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation, namely Article 88 letter E paragraph (2), that "Entrepreneurs are prohibited from paying wages lower than the minimum wage". Violation of these provisions is a form of crime. The operation of the law is always limited by a situation of incompatibility between what

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