<![CDATA[The payment of salaries to permanent lecturers below the Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) or Regency/City Minimum Wage (UMK) at private universities remains a problem, creating legal uncertainty regarding the protection of lecturers' rights. This study aims to analyze the legality of paying lecturers' salaries below the minimum wage from the perspective of Indonesian labor law. The study employed a normative legal method with a statutory and conceptual approach. Data were obtained through a qualitative literature review of laws and regulations, literature, and scientific journals. The results indicate that the relationship between permanent lecturers and private universities constitutes an employment relationship that fulfills the elements of work, wages, and orders and is therefore subject to labor law provisions. The freedom to set salaries under the Teachers and Lecturers Law does not override the obligation to comply with the minimum wage provisions as a coercive norm. Therefore, paying salaries below the minimum wage contradicts the principles of labor protection, legal certainty, and the objectives of higher education. Therefore, wage policies must be adjusted to comply with applicable legal provisions.]]>
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