SISTEM PEMBAYARAN UPAH PEKERJA PADA HOME INDUSTRI BOLU IKAN DI KOTA LANGSA (Suatu Analisis Berdasarkan Ekonomi Islam)

Abstract

Wages are a form of compensation provided by business owners for workers. in terms of the owners, the wages are served as a guarantee for the continuity of production, while for workers the wages function to support  their  lives.  The  business  owner  must  provide  an  appropriate  wage  for  the  work  and  the  worker  must work  in  accordance  with  the  agreement.  The  problem  occurs  when  there  is  no  employment  agreement  was written on the division of labor, then the lazy workers with the diligent will get the same wage. In addition, the business owner must also ensure the wage that the worker will receive and when the employee will receive the wage.  If  there  is  no  written  agreement  (contract),  then  the  business  owner  may  be  fraudulent  in  terms  of payment of wages. The purpose of this research is to find out how the process of determining the payment of wages of workers at “bolu ikan” home industry in Langsa and to analyze it based on Islamic economy. The type of  research  used  is  field  study  (field  research)  with  qualitative  descriptive  approach.  Primary  data  were obtained from interviews with business owners and workers at 5 “bolu ikan” home industry in Langsa, while secondary  data  was  obtained  through  books,  magazines,  scientific  papers  and  documents  used  to  answer  the problem  of  the  research.  The  research  concludes  that  the  process  of  determining  the  payment  of  wages  of workers at “bolu ikan” home industry in Langsa is not contradictory to the ruled of Islam, because there is a willingness of each party (mu'ajir and musta'jir). In this case, no workers feels persecuted. Each of them obtain a legitimate share of the product with it  without being tyrannical towards the other and the fulfillment of the rights and obligations of each (business owner and worker).