Soo Wern Jun, Kuala Lumpur – With the Raja Bot market ordered to shut on April 28, many migrant workers who earn a living there have been left with insufficient funds to see them throu

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – A coalition of three major labor unions in the country calling itself the Indonesian Labor Workers Assembly (MPBI) is preparing to organize May Day digital str

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – In the good times, businesspeople, government officials and even international institutions have slammed Indonesia's labor legislation, calling it rigid and a

Around 110,000 eligible recipients of the preemployment card, a government-funded unemployment benefit and skill training program, have completed their courses, entitling them to recei

Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawati says that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to postpone the deliberations on the sections of the Draft

Jakarta – More Indonesians have lost their jobs during the coronavirus crisis as the government's flagship unemployment benefits program, the pre-employment card, registered 8.6 millio

Francisca Christy Rosana, Bisnis, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) lamented the government's decision, especially the Manpower Ministry's, to allow compa

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesia's restaurant chains and retailers are struggling to fulfill their obligations to their employees while trying to keep their business afloat amid the C

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's flagship unemployment benefits program, the pre-employment card, has come under criticism for the inability of its online tra

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Key business groups have expressed opposition to the decision to delay deliberation of the labor provisions in the omnibus bill on job creation, saying it wil

Ester Nuky, Primus Dorimulu, Jakarta – The government has always planned to provide offline training courses for job seekers in the government's pre-employment card from the very begin

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) is asking the government to review the form and type of training provided by the pre-employment card program.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The management of the preemployment card, a government-funded unemployment benefit and skills training program, has defended the program following pu

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – The Indonesian Navy intercepted 20 undocumented Indonesian migrant workers returning from Malaysia trying to sneak past border authorities throu

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the House of Representatives have agreed to postpone deliberation on labor issu

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Ruslan Sangadji and Dian Septiari, Palu – Local governments have shown a lack of trust in Chinese workers employed in numerous projects throughout the country, potentially signaling a

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – The government says that of Tuesday, more than 64,000 Indonesian migrant workers – an estimated 46,000 of whom traveled by sea – had returned from Malaysia

Amy Chew – Under the shadow of Kuala Lumpur's gleaming skyscrapers, about one million Indonesian migrant workers are suffering from food shortages during Malaysia's partial lockdown, s

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Labor unions will march on with their plans to hold mass protests against the omnibus bill on job creation, as many workplaces are still requiring non-essentia

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – A number of journalists and media professionals in Jakarta have been left jobless with little to no financial support as the media industry cuts costs, ci

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Dozens of Indonesian migrant workers returning from Malaysia have been caught attempting to sneak past border authorities via illegal routes.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – The Jakarta Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) reported that there are 23 journalists that filed complaints and fell victim to layoff from a number of mass

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will begin deliberations on the omnibus bill on job creation with noncontroversial topics and discuss controversial provisions on

Yustinus Paat, Herman, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government has asked workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic to register on a special site to receive their unemployment benef

Jakarta – In the midst of the corona virus pandemic, tens of thousands of workers from the Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI) and the Indonesian Labour Council (MPBI) claim th

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is cutting its employee salaries by 10 to 50 percent from this month to June as the company struggles to stay afloa

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Darsih, a 41-year-old single mother of two, spent more than a year fighting for her right to severance pay after she was laid off in October 2018.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The pre-employment card program, established by the government to help unemployed people find new jobs, attracted 5.9 million applicants during its f

Jakarta – Trisakti University public policy analyst Trubus Rahadiansyah believes that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's strategy of overcoming the economic impact of the corona virus (C

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – Freelance workers in the creative industry are resorting to loans to survive the economic downturn brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, as they lack health

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – After almost five years fighting her way through an arduous mechanical engineering degree at one of Indonesia's top schools, 24-year-old Tantya "Tya" Ani tho

Indonesia's most popular fast food chain, KFC, is in the midst of a labor controversy after a workers' union says that it unilaterally and without notice furloughed hundreds of employe

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – Many Indonesian workers remain anxious over the uncertain future of their employment amid the COVID-19 outbreak despite the government's social safety net

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The government has introduced a series of social assistance programs to help people affected by the social restrictions implemented to halt the sprea

Jakarta – The Indonesian Confederation of Prosperity Labour Unions (KSBSI) is disappointed in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo because the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation is still bein

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry will work with the Foreign Ministry to employ former Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) who previously worked in Malaysia

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Concerned about the highly infectious coronavirus, Firmansyah Putra washes his orange uniform and takes a bath as soon as he arrives home from work.

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister, which spearheads the national committee of job creation, has recorded 1.4 million applicants for th

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – As many as 513 Indonesian domestic workers have been repatriated from neighboring Malaysia after they were given the all-clear for COVID-19 infe

Amy Chew – Two weeks ago, Indonesian IT consultant Okki Soebagio packed up his home and moved his family from Jakarta to Bali, unnerved by the death of a good friend killed by the nove

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Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic, which is spreading like wildfire in Indonesia, has taken not just lives but also the earnings of millions of workers, one month af

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 Jaka

Suherdjoko and Agustinus Hari, Semarang and Manado – Tens of thousands of workers across Indonesia have lost their jobs as economic activity slows to a crawl as a result of the COVID-1

Jakarta – The Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) is urging the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to halt the deliberations on controversial draft laws such as the

Tri Indah Oktavianti, Jakarta – The number of workers that have been laid off and forced to take unpaid leave has reached 162,416 in the capital as more than 18,000 companies in the ci

Newly released statistics on unemployment in Jakarta has come to reflect the huge economic toll the COVID-19 pandemic has had in the capital, with more than 30,000 losing their jobs ov

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – The Jakarta Manpower, Transmigration, and Energy Agency reported on Sunday that 162,416 workers from a number of companies in the capital city were subjecte

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's biggest labor groups, the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), intends to hold a massive protest against the omnibus bill on job