[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2010\u002Fsalary-checker-makes-gajimu-into-a-hit-june-2010":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":9,"path":10,"content_type":11,"locale":12,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":13,"page_created_at":14,"published_at":13,"edit_url":15,"breadcrumbs":16,"seo":29,"body_blocks":37,"call_to_action":43,"categories":50,"labels":51,"owner":7,"authors":52,"related_pages":53,"related_sites":54,"in_subsite":55,"contact_page_url":56,"banner_message":57},5637,"salary-checker-makes-gajimu-into-a-hit-june-2010","Salary checker makes Gajimu into a hit - June 2010",null,"Gajimu, the WageIndicator project in Indonesia, recently launched its salary checker. Organizers tell how they got the project running, attract their audience and got enough data on wages and income, to get the salary checker running","","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2010\u002Fsalary-checker-makes-gajimu-into-a-hit-june-2010","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2026-03-28T08:42:07.866826+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F5637\u002Fedit\u002F",[17,20,23,26,28],{"title":18,"slug":19},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":21,"slug":22},"News and Stories","news-stories",{"title":24,"slug":25},"News","news",{"title":27,"slug":27},"2010",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":12,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2010\u002Fsalary-checker-makes-gajimu-into-a-hit-june-2010\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2026-04-02T22:39:37.126529+02:00",[38],{"type":39,"data":40},"raw_html_block",{"content":41,"variant":42},"\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Gajimu, the WageIndicator project in Indonesia, launched recently a salary checker, where visitors can check their salaries. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">How is that working out\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">? W\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">e asked Michel Maas, one of Gajimu's organizers in Jakarta, setting up a successful online operation in Indonesia, where 1 in 10 citizens has access to the internet, while only one percent of those internet users has broadband. We also asked Ira Rachmawati of the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">so called \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Ca class=\"external-link\" data-linktype=\"internal\" data-old_url=\"resolveuid\u002F614f7df46074420ebf4a300e0adc45e0\" data-val=\"614f7df46074420ebf4a300e0adc45e0\" id=\"20731\" linktype=\"page\">Decisions For Life project\u003C\u002Fa> for young female workers in \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Indonesia\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> how their offline meetings makes use \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">of \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">and helps Gajimu.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">How important is the salary checker for Gajimu? Who is using your information?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Michel Maas: Everything is gaining momentum, since we have recently been able to add the salary checker to our website. O\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">nly now the website is complete, and a lot more interesting for the visitors, who previously only received some basic labor information, and had to be guided through a rather tough, big survey. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">That asked for much enthusiasm, in a country with such rickety Internet connections as Indonesia.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Gajimu site visitors are mainly white collar workers, because they are more likely to have internet access. Not those white collar workers from the government, but from commercial services like insurance companies, manufacturers, traders, but also for example from the national airline Garuda. From those visitors we get most questions and they also come to our offline workshops and other activities. We also have a group of active users who come through our \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Freqs.php#!\u002Fprofile.php?id=100000369794038&ref=ts\">group at Facebook\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">The questions that come in are mainly of a practical nature. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">People ask about the minimum wage (\"what is the minimum for me\"), \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">o\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">utsourcing (\"the laws are there, outsourcing is illegal?\")\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">,\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">o\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">n their salary (\"I've worked five years with the same boss and earn always less than the average \").\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">About all these things we have information on the website, but it is now organized in a better way, the information is clearer and more accessible. We hope that helps to get more visitors.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">How do you get the word out, how do people find your website?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Michel Maas: We have advertised on the Internet and on radio. For example expensive paid advertisements on \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fdetik.com\u002F\">Detik.com\u003C\u002Fa>, the busiest news site in Indonesia, but that had very little effect. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Our messages \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">drowned in the flood of other advertisements, messages, frames, and other moving images.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Cooperation with the radio station I-Radio appears much more effective. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">I-Radio is the largest radio station in Jakarta, and also available in Surabaya and Bandung. We have regular spots on prime time and once a month we host a one hour talk show where we put the spotlight on Gajimu.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">We also have a new appointment for cooperation with the website of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.kompas.com\u002F\">newspaper Kompas\u003C\u002Fa>, one of the larger newspapers in Indonesia. \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">This is one of the major competitors of Detik.com. The agreement with Kompas is a true alliance. Gajimu \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>is linked from their site, and in return Kompas can use our data from the survey. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">This is still very, very new, and 'under construction', so we still have to see the effects.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Previously we worked together on a modest scale: Kompas has put our \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">‘\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">partner check\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">’\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">on its website with a link to WageIndicator \u002F Gajimu.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Now this cooperation becomes more mature.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Before your salary checker was there, how did people get their salary information? And are any other media, trade unions providing similar information?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem> \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Michel Maas: In the past people got information on the salaries from family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances, and they still get their information from them up to a large degree. Other labor information was not available for them.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">There is no competition yet for Gajimu. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Both Detik.com and Kompas.com are trying to increase their socio-economic information on their websites, but they lack the salary check and the knowledge we can provide.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">So Kompas will be happy with us. Detik has also shown interest, but so far they do not offer any cooperation for free. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">There are job boards and sites for women, and specialized financial sites.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Some have very specific data on wages, but there is not really a website that provides comprehensive and reliable salary information like Gajimu does.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Much of the traffic to Gajimu, between 70 and 80 percent up to now is triggered off by offline meetings \"Decisions for Life\"  - an labor awareness program for young female workers is organizing. Most popular at the Gajimu site is the information on labor laws, even more popular than the salary information. H\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">ow do you explain that?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Ira Rachmawati: In every meeting with our target group, we try to educate the participants about labor laws since most of them know only very little or nothing at all about the labor law. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">O\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">ur target group is pretty well educated, so when we give them highlights about labor law, they want to know more and more. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">No wonder, the first thing they check in the website is the labor law, not only during the meeting, but also later when they are back in their offices.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Next in the meeting the participants check their salaries, now the second biggest hit at Gajimu, and a subject that fits very well in the 'Decision for Life' meetings. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">After checking their salaries, we will sit together again with the participants to discuss their salary. Whether it's fair or if they need a raise. Then we debate on 'how to negotiate with employer for a salary raise'. Trade unions also organize training sessions for negotiation skills like this.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">In other larger Asian countries like China and India we see that wages, and minimum wages are going up, sometimes up to 30 percent over the past few months. Is that the same in Indonesia? What is causing those raises? The government, the market, employers, trade unions?\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Ira Rachmawati: Yes, in Indonesia too. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">The \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.gajimu.com\u002Fmain\u002Fgaji\u002Fgaji-minimum\" title=\"\">Provincial Minimum Wages\u003C\u002Fa> are going up depending on the situation in each province i.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">e.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> the living cost. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">The raises are made by the government in their regulations, and triggered off by simultaneous activity of the market, the trade unions, and employers. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">In the market prices of daily necessities keep on going up, and trade union\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">s\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> are trying to negotiate with the employers for better Collective Bargaining Agreements.\u003Cem>  \u003C\u002Fem>  \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">The salary checker at Gajimu already cover\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">s \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">a wide range of industries, including IT, law, oil, education, HR, finance and media.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">An overview of other countries with salary checkers \u003Ca class=\"internal-link\" data-linktype=\"internal\" data-old_url=\"resolveuid\u002Fe7c009655a214b90aeed7b7836a4efba\u002FSalarycheckers\" data-val=\"e7c009655a214b90aeed7b7836a4efba\" href=\"\u002Fsalary\u002FSalarycheckers\" title=\"\">you can find them all here\u003C\u002Fa>. They include India, China (Beijing only), South Africa, the UK and the US. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">You can learn here more about the Decisions for Life project in Indonesia or elsewhere in the world. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":44,"link":45},"Contact us",{"title":44,"url":46,"description":44,"rel":47,"type":48,"id":49},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]