Initiating Fair Wages For Home-Based Workers Regulations In Indonesia

Abstract

Initiating regulations about fair wages for home-based workers is crucial in the effort of recognizing the legal status of their existence. Uniformity in wage payment system is expected to bring welfare for the workers and to maintain socioeconomic stability for the sustainable development in Indonesia. Fair wage is defined as wage that is justly received by workers as a guideline to be used as a parameter for decent wage for Indonesian home-based workers. The initiation is expected to affect waging policies that favor home-based workers, so the payment they have received can be considered decent. The appealing issues regarding decent wages for humanity are mechanisms and principles used in making decisions about decent wage for home-based workers.