Analysis of Labor Law Regarding Protection Labor Wages Under the Law Number 13 Year 2003 on Manpower

Abstract

One of the protections in labor issues is a decent wage for workers. Because wages are the goal of
workers in doing work. Every activity carried out by workers contains aspects of social relations, legal
relations, and inter-organizational relations that give rise to rights and obligations, and are carried out
based on the values contained in Pancasila. In labor relations, the rights and obligations of various parties
are regulated through Law No. 13 Year. 2003 regarding employment, one of the core regulations is
regarding wages. Wages are the right of workers to be compensated for work performance determined
by convention and payment is made in accordance with the agreement. Wages are also a constitutional
right for citizens which is also explained through the 1945 Constitution Article 27 paragraph 2, which
states that every citizen has the right to work and a decent livelihood. The constitutional right was
explained in the regulation of Law No. 13 of 2003 related to employment (Law No. 13 of 2003) in
Article 1 paragraph 30 reveals that wages are the rights of workers who are obtained and expressed in
the form of money which is a reward. Then what is meant by using wages to fulfill the needs of life with
feasibility, it will cause the welfare of workers. This is also stated in Article 1 paragraph (31) of Law
No. 13 of 2003, which states that worker welfare is a fulfillment of physical and spiritual needs and
needs. Thus, wages are a component of work interaction based on an agreement, which has a work
component of wages and instructions. This research is a normative legal research using literature review
to obtain secondary data, in the form of laws and regulations and various legal documents, as well as
other relevant references.