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  • Wages are a fundamental issue in the field of manpower and industrial relations, therefore, wages are the top demand in various strikes and/or worker/labor demonstrations. That wages are one of the most sensitive aspects of the employment relationship. the various parties involved see wages from different perspectives. At the practical empirical level, the handling of wages does not only involve technical and economic aspects, but also the legal aspects that underlie how matters relating to wages are carried out safely and correctly based on the applicable laws and regulations. Therefore, to handle wages in a professional manner absolutely requires a comprehensive understanding of these three aspects, the technical aspects of wages are not only limited to how the calculation and payment of wages are carried out, but also concerns how the wage process is determined. Thus, the issues to be discussed are 1) how to determine Wages by the Government and Regional Governments based on the provisions of Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower and 2) how is the authority to determine District/City Sectoral Minimum Wages based on Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower. . This researcher uses a type of socio-legal research, the data sources used are secondary data and primary data, and analyzed qualitatively juridically, normatively juridically and supported by empirical juridical based on the results of analysis and discussion obtained the following conclusions 1) that, Article 89 paragraph ( 1) Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower which states that the minimum wage may consist of a minimum wage based on a province or district/city area and a minimum wage based on a sector in a province or district/city area. 2). That with the existence of the Employment Creation Act concerning the Determination of the Sectoral Minimum Wage for both Provinces and Regencies/Cities, it is abolished by the provisions of Article 81 number 26 of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation, so that the Provincial and Regency/Municipal Minimum Wages are no longer , this has a detrimental impact on sectoral workers, because many workers, especially regencies/cities that have sectors, be it the chemical sector, the steel sector and others.