Legal Protection For Workers Against The Provision Of Wages Below The Regional Minimum Wage

10.2478/bjlp-2022-002103

Abstract

Wages are workers' rights that are received and expressed in the form of money as a reward from the employer to the employee which is determined and paid according to an employment agreement, agreement, or statutory regulations. As a right for workers, the protection of workers against wages should be a concern. When workers are given wages below the minimum wage, of course it raises several problems. In some regulations it has been regulated that employers must pay wages to their workers with minimum wage provisions. When workers have been employed and given wages below the minimum wage on a continuous basis, it certainly does not reflect the existence of legal protection that accommodates the interests and welfare of these workers. The research method used is normative juridical, which is a process to find a rule of law, legal principles and legal doctrines to answer the legal problems faced. The data analysis used is normative qualitative data analysis. Based on the results of the analysis, information can be obtained that the legal protection of wages for workers has been regulated in the legislation. However, its implementation is not optimal and there are still some deviations. Therefore, it is necessary to have a supervisory role by the Manpower Office on the implementation of the wage system in work agreements so that the rights of workers can be accommodated to the maximum.