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

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

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

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

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has raised concerns over an increase in imported COVID-19 cases as migrants workers are expected to return from abroad for Idul Fitri.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government should prioritize "human rights principles" in its handling of the tens of thousands of migrant workers returning to the country b

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Riau – Thousands of Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia landed in Riau Islands after Malaysia was put on lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic.

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – As Malaysia plans to extend its lockdown until mid-April, a lawmaker has urged the Indonesian government to provide aid for many informal-sector workers in the

Jakarta – To protect the economy from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has decided to speed up the disbursement of training funds for workers through the preemploym

Nina Loasana, Jakarta – The Indonesian Metal Workers Federation (FSPMI) urged the government to cut the prices of electricity and fuel to help people amid the weakening economy caused

Jakarta – Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) Deputy Chairperson Jumisih has criticised the plan to carry out rapid tests for the corona virus (Covid-19) on 575 members o

Jakarta – While many Jakartans are staying in their houses and working remotely to curb the novel coronavirus outbreak, home office is not even an option for many other workers in the

Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The House of Representatives and labor unions are calling on the government and all companies to take measures to avoid widespread layoffs, especially in secto

Surabaya – Thousands of people from labour, student and non-government organisations who are part of the East Java Movement Against the Omnibus Law (Getol) have postponed a protest act

Jun Suzuki, Jakarta – Ride-hailing drivers and others working in Indonesia's informal economy have lost work after the government responded this week to the coronavirus pandemic by urg

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's plea for workers, students and worshipers to stay home in order to prevent the spread of the corona virus (Covid-19) can't be followed by all

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – When President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo made a televised appeal for Indonesians to work from home on Sunday as part of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) containment

Jakarta – The Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) is urging the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government to halt deliberations on Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creati

Ilyas Istianur Praditya, Jakarta – The Indonesian Trade Union Council (MPBI) has confirmed it will postpone mass actions against the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation.

Bandung – Workers from the All West Java Labour Alliance held a demonstration against the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation in front of the Sate Building (governor's office) in the Wes

Eden Hynninen – She misses her family, but for the first time in her life she feels financially independent and knows that her skills on a farm are not based on gender.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The government is set to move up the disbursement of training funds for workers through the pre-employment card to late March as part of its broader effor

Narno, Jambi – On March 11 at least 500 people from a number of student and labour organisations held a protest action in Jambi, South Sumatra, to oppose the Draft Omnibus Law on Job C

Protests against the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation have also come from international labour organisations.

Pebriansyah Ariefana – Thousands of protesters opposing the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation who arrived from the south-west and east of Sidoarjo have begun to pack into the streets a

Dinda Wulandari, Palembang – Thousands of workers from a number of different trade unions in South Sumatra held a protest action opposing the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation.

Taufiq Siddiq, Galuh Kurnia Ramadhani (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Central Jakarta Police Station deployed hundreds of personnel, two water canon cars and a barracuda vehicle to guar

Jakarta – Despite supporting President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections, the Indonesian Confederation of Prosperity Labour Unions (KSBSI) opposes the Dr

Ryana Aryadita Umasugi, Jakarta – Thousands of workers and employees from trade unions affiliated with the Jakarta Labour Movement (GBJ) held a protest action at the city hall in Centr

Employees at the Freeport mine in West Papua have been warned about heightened security risks in the area.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Congress Alliance of Indonesian Labor Unions (KASBI) chairwoman Nining Elitos said that workers' unions are planning on commencing a nationwide strike i

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Achmad Nasrudin Yahya, Jakarta – Three trade union confederations have agreed to revive the Indonesian Trade Union Council (MPBI) to fight the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation.

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – The government will move up the distribution of the much-vaunted pre-employment cards to March in a bid to mitigate the adverse effects of the coronavirus outbr

Putu Ayu Palupi, Galih Priatmojo – Hundreds of workers from the Yogyakarta and Central Java United Workers Communication Forum (FKBB) held a demonstration at the Yogyakarta Regional Ho

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Millions of jobseekers in Java will get subsidized training funds in April through the government's much-vaunted pre-employment card, after a brief delay

Primus Dorimulu, Jakarta – The omnibus bill on job creation offers more benefits to workers than the existing manpower law, chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto said on Monday as

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Jobseekers may soon find it easier to find a place to stay when they take vocational classes under the pre-unemployment card program outside their hometo

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – Last week, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo introduced legislation in parliament that would overhaul the country's infamously inflexible labour laws that inv

Jakarta – Congress Alliance of Indonesian Labor Unions (KASBI) chairwoman Nining Elitos called an unscheduled protest, which was held at the union's secretariat, an "act of terror" aga

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Telecommunication service provider PT Indosat has taken a further step to improve its financial state through the layoff of almost 700 employees in recent days.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Indosat Ooredoo, one of Indonesia's major telecommunications providers, has laid off nearly 700 employees as part of a change in its business strategy "to

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Congress Alliance of Indonesian Labor Unions (KASBI) chairwoman Nining Elitos opined that drafts of the omnibus law on job creation neglected women's reprodu

Shotaro Tani and Ismi Damayanti, Jakarta – Indonesia is proposing to make it easier for startups to hire foreign talent, lending a hand from the government to a sector that it sees as

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The government submitted the controversial omnibus bill on job creation to the House of Representatives on Wednesday, marking a milestone that will kick start

Adrian Wail Akhlas and Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – The government will make it compulsory for employers to provide bonuses or so-called "sweeteners" to reward employees in the omnibus bil

Jauh Hari Wawan S, Yogyakarta – Protesters who said they represent workers from across the Central Java province of Yogyakarta demonstrated at the Yogyakarta Regional House of Represen

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Maikel Jefriando and Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to loosen rigid rules on mandatory severance compensation in a new bill aimed at improving the investment climate in Sout