Implementation of legal protection against the minimum wage for workers in
the province of Yogyakarta, which aims to examine the implementation of legal
protection of provincial minimum wage for workers who receive wages below the
minimum wage and to find out the obstacles to providing legal protection against the
minimum wage for workers on the basis of legislation and regulations applicable
because there still exists a company that pays its workers wages below the minimum
wage provisions and the cause of the constraints in providing legal protection against
the minimum wage for workers in the province of Yogyakarta. Type of research used
in writing this law is the law of empirical research, empirical legal research is the
focal point of research on the behavior of the legal community (law in action).
Wage is a priority and rights should be met by employers for workers with
labor agreements that have been agreed between employers and workers in the labor
agreement have the rights and obligations of employers and workers' parties. This
meant that the workers should earn for himself or his family but in reality there are
still some companies that pay wages below the minimum wage provisions, especially
the industrial city of Yogyakarta Bakpia Pathuk Ayu, which is the industry because
homegrown indusrti have erratic turnover that have not been able to pay the wages of
workers in accordance with provincial minimum wage and lack of field supervision
by government officials, in this case Employee Department of Manpower and
Transmigration Employment Monitoring Section of the company in the field.
Based on research results, it can be concluded that the implementation of
legal protection of Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) for workers in Yogyakarta,
especially for workers / workers in Yogyakarta Ayu Pathuk Bakpia Pathok unfulfilled
in accordance with Statutory regulations governing wages and employment,
especially law Act No. 13 of 2003 on Employment and Decree of Yogyakarta Special
Region Governor No. 191/KEP/2008 of Provincial Minimum Wage Determination
2009.