THE URGENCY FOR RATIFICATION OF THE 1970 ILO MINIMUM WAGE FIXING CONVENTION IN THE TIME OF FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Abstract

Minimum wage arrangements Workers in Indonesia were previously regulated through Government Regulation No. 78 of 2015 where wages were set on the rights of wage recipients felt by workers. However, the latest in Government Regulation Number 36 of 2021 concerningstates that "Wagesevery Worker/Labourer has the right to receive the same Wage for work of the same value". In terms of development, wage arrangements continue to be made in order to be able to receive updates in both social and economic aspects. Indonesia has not yet ratified the ILO Convention Number 131, 1970 concerning Minimum Wages. The standard for setting wages according to Convention 131 is the needs of workers and their families, taking into account the general behavior of wages in the country concerned, the cost of living, social protection insurance, and the relative living standards of other social groups. The threat from the industrial revolution 4.0 era has a significant impact on a workforce with minimal capabilities or is defeated by automation. The Indonesian government at this moment when the industrial revolution 4.0 occurred to make a quick policy in providing minimum wages to be ratified at the ILO Convention 131, 1970 regarding minimum wages so that the principle of minimum wages changed to living wages in the wage regulation system in Indonesia.