Indonesia businesses brace for minimum wage hikes
Unions agitating for increases despite sluggish economy and underemployed workers
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INDONESIAN businesses are bracing themselves for another year of massive rises in the minimum wage - already among the highest in Asia - as labour unions in Jakarta stage rallies ahead of a hike in the price of subsidised fuel.
Under Indonesian law, local officials have the authority raise the base pay across industrial segments, and manufacturing workers in Jakarta are pushing for a 30 per cent hike in base pay to almost three million rupiah (S$320).
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