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April 12, 2021

Coconuts Jakarta - April 12, 2021

Singapore-based e-commerce platform Shopee is fighting back an accusation that it does not pay its Indonesian couriers a decent wage.

Tempo - April 12, 2021

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has officially issued a circular aimed at each and every Indonesian governor which basically asks for the fulfillment of wor

April 8, 2021

Tempo - April 8, 2021

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto in Wednesday's press conference strongly urged businesses to pay the Eid allowances, or

April 5, 2021

Tempo - April 5, 2021

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Ahead of this year's Ramadan, the Confederation of Indonesian Workers' Unions (KSPI) president, Said Iqbal, on Monday officially asked companies to n

Tempo - April 5, 2021

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Confederation of Indonesian Workers' Unions (KSPI) president Said Iqbal in a virtual press conference on Monday said there were 54 companies in the p

March 16, 2021

Straits Times - March 16, 2021

Arlina Arshad, Singapore – A new policy that exempts Indonesian migrant workers in 10 job sectors from hefty placement fees which keep them in debt for months, and which was supposed to

March 15, 2021

Channel News Asia - March 15, 2021

Kiki Siregar, Singapore – Indonesia has postponed the implementation of a new policy that could make it more expensive for employers here to hire its citizens as foreign domestic worker

March 12, 2021

Sindo news - March 12, 2021

Helmi Syarif, Jakarta – The Metro Jaya regional police have summoned Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) General Chairperson Nining Elitos over alleged incitement and viola

March 11, 2021

Eurasia Review - March 11, 2021

Teri Caraway – Indonesia's Omnibus Law for Job Creation came into law in November 2020, amending more than 70 different pieces of legislation.

February 22, 2021

Tempo - February 22, 2021

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has readjusted the regulation regarding overtime overseen under one of the Job Creation Law's derivatives seen in the Government Regulat

Tempo - February 22, 2021

Bisnis, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday, February 22 officially ratified the Government Regulation (PP) No.

February 18, 2021

Coconuts Jakarta - February 18, 2021

Police in Probolinggo, East Java are investigating the alleged abuse of a domestic worker, who escaped alleged horrible live-in conditions with her employers recently.

January 22, 2021

Nikkei Asia - January 22, 2021

Antonia Timmerman, Jakarta – Bayu Edmiralda left the congestion of Jakarta seven months ago for the tropical delights of Bali, where he spends his day in a coworking space near his rent

January 18, 2021

Tempo - January 18, 2021

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Worker Union Confederation (KSPI) president Said Iqbal on Monday assured that union members will hold a protest in front of the Constitution

December 28, 2020

December 27, 2020

Tempo - December 27, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – Law No. 11 of 2020 on job creation will guarantee that laid-off workers receive their severance pay, according to the Center of Reform on Economic (CORE).

Straits Times - December 27, 2020

Arlina Arshad, Singapore – When Indonesian Elen Retno Bunga Anggraeny moved to Singapore in 2017 to become a domestic helper, she had to work for six months without salary to pay off $3

December 17, 2020

Mongabay - December 17, 2020

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs has documented rampant labor abuses in five oil palm plantations in Indonesia, the world's biggest producer and exporter of the commodi

December 16, 2020

Reuters - December 16, 2020

Fathin Ungku, Bernadette Christina, Singapore/Jakarta – Violent protests by hundreds of workers at one of Indonesia's biggest nickel smelters on Sulawesi island operated by PT Virtue Dr

December 15, 2020

Tempo - December 15, 2020

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Workers Union Confederation (KSPI) said international labor organizations supported its struggle against Law No.

December 4, 2020

Tempo - December 4, 2020

Antara, Jakarta – The All-Indonesia Workers Union Confederation (KSPSI) and Indika Foundation are channelling 5000 sacks of rice weighing five kilograms each to workers who have been la

November 17, 2020

Jakarta Post - November 17, 2020

Jakarta – Malaysian authorities along with officials from the Indonesian Consulate General in Kuching, Sarawak, rescued eight Indonesian migrant workers who were held captive by their r

November 14, 2020

Jakarta Post - November 14, 2020

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Journalists have called on fellow reporters and media workers to band together and form unions to stand up for their rights and welfare, especially during the C

November 11, 2020

Jakarta Post - November 11, 2020

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The first two of weeks of working remotely was professional bliss for Yesiska Putri, a 24-year-old project supervisor at a digital technology firm in Jakar

November 7, 2020

Jakarta Post - November 7, 2020

Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted established workplace cultures, with many companies requiring their employees to work from home via various digital platforms to comply wit

November 5, 2020

Jakarta Post - November 5, 2020

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Indonesia's open unemployment rate has surged to its highest level since 2011, with the pandemic causing some 2.67 million people to lose their jobs, Stati

November 4, 2020

Jakarta Post - November 4, 2020

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has defended a government circular instructing regions to leave their minimum wages unchanged in 2021, arguing that

November 3, 2020

Jakarta Globe - November 3, 2020

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers' Unions, or KSPI, has filed a judicial review on the 2020 Law about Job Creation to the Constituti

Coconuts Jakarta - November 3, 2020

Andra Nasrie – President Joko Widodo yesterday signed the hugely controversial Job Creation Law, thus removing numerous bureaucratic barriers to foreign recruitment in the country.

Jakarta Post - November 3, 2020

Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented business disruption, forcing many companies to cut workers.

November 2, 2020

Associated Press - November 2, 2020

Edna Tarigan, Jakarta – Thousands of workers in Indonesia on Monday continued their protests against the country's new jobs law that critics say will erode labor rights and weaken envir

Jakarta Post - November 2, 2020

Jakarta – Protests against the Job Creation Law have entered their fifth week in Jakarta as workers stage yet another rally near the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta to voice thei

November 1, 2020

Jakarta Post - November 1, 2020

Jakarta – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has announced that his administration will raise the provincial minimum wage for 2021 by 3.27 percent, despite the Manpower Ministry's dir

Jakarta Post - November 1, 2020

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – Thousands of workers grouped under several labor confederations are set to stage another round of nationwide protests against the controversial omnibus l

October 30, 2020

Jakarta Post - October 30, 2020

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Labor unions have lambasted Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah for leaving the minimum wage unchanged for 2021, accusing her of siding with businesses over workers.

October 27, 2020

Tempo - October 27, 2020

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Labor unions were protesting over the decision of Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah to not raise the minimum wage in 2021.

Tempo - October 27, 2020

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia President Director, Irfan Setiaputra on Tuesday announced that the firm will layoff 700 employees on November 1, 2020,

Jakarta Post - October 27, 2020

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia announced on Tuesday that it would terminate the contracts of at least its 700 employees by Nov.

October 26, 2020

Jakarta Post - October 26, 2020

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Business consultancy owner John, 55, who is from the United States but has been running his business in Indonesia for the past 10 years, has said he would

Jakarta Post - October 26, 2020

Jakarta – Workers united under the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) have planned to continue staging protests against the controversial Job Creation Law until Nov.

Jakarta Post - October 26, 2020

Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the economy, resulting in increased unemployment rates.

October 24, 2020

Reuters - October 24, 2020

Jakarta – Indonesia's workers will stage further mass protests across the country if President Joko Widodo signs new jobs measures into law next week, the head of the main labour group

October 22, 2020

Tempo - October 22, 2020

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – The spokesperson of the Congress Alliance of Indonesian Labor Unions (KASBI), Nining Elitos, said members of the labor unions refuse to meet representatives

Jakarta Post - October 22, 2020

Jakarta – The Indonesian Indigenous Entrepreneurs Association (HIPPI) has predicted that the provincial minimum wage (UMP) for Jakarta will see no increase in 2021 following economic sl

October 16, 2020

Jakarta Post - October 16, 2020

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) has asserted that it will not participate in the deliberation of regulations to implement the Job Creat

October 12, 2020

Jakarta Post - October 12, 2020

Jakarta – Spending the past seven months mostly at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people with the ability to find financial opportunities have turned the unlikely situation

October 10, 2020

Vietnam Plus - October 10, 2020

Jakarta (VNA) – A recent survey conducted by Jobstreet Indonesia showed that 35 percent of workers in the country had been laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while 19 percent had be

October 9, 2020

World Socialist Website - October 9, 2020

Ben McGrath – Workers and young people are protesting this week across Indonesia against a bill rushed through parliament on October 5 that deepens the government's attack on working co

October 8, 2020

Tempo - October 8, 2020

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Indonesian Worker Union Confederation (KSPI) President Said Iqbal confirmed that his side along with 32 other labor union federations and confederations woul