Benny Sutrisno's frown has never left him these past weeks. The decision by the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) last week instructing companies in Jakarta to pay salaries in accordance with the Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) of Rp591,266 has made the President Director of PT APAC calculate and recalculate production costs. With a 16,000 strong workforce, the increase of UMP from Rp426,000 is enough to give him a headache.

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