Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde on Monday called on Indonesia to empower more women to increase their

Chitra Paramesti, Jakarta – National Secretary of the Migrant Workers Network Savitri Wisnuwardhani said the number case of migrant workers abroad without complete documents is increasi

David Lawder, Jakarta – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Monday called on Indonesia to boost its potential growth rate and channel revenues to more dev

Trafficked to Malaysia, forced to sleep outside with a dog before dying from serious injuries – the latest abuse case involving an Indonesian maid highlights a failure to protect domest

Adinda Normala, Jakarta – The government must prepare Indonesia's workforce to be competitive to anticipate future challenges associated with coming technological advancements, especial

Audrey Dermawan, George Town – Civil society group, Tenaganita, has expressed outrage over yet another death of a domestic worker.

Denpasar – It is estimated that economic disruption will result in the loss of between 45-50 million jobs in Indonesia in the near future.

Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI) President Said Iqbal continues to heap praise on Jakarta Deputy Governor Jakarta Sandiaga Uno.

Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has doubled its budget for a program to develop irrigation systems in country areas which is also intended to create more jobs for gras

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – The Jakarta branch of Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists, or AJI, urged the country's press council on Sunday (14/01) to raise the minimum wage of

Yuli Yanna Fauzie, Jakarta – According to the Ministry of Labour (Kemenaker) a total of 9,822 workers were dismissed (PHK) between January and November 2017 involving 2,345 cases throughout Indones

Jakarta – At least 14 Freeport Indonesia workers went to the Manpower Ministry's office on December 27.

Josie Wong, Hong Kong – An Indonesian maid who won a civil case this week against her former Hong Kong employer for shocking physical abuse said Friday she's happy with the result but urged the cit

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – A strike by drivers of public minivans, or angkot, in Medan, North Sumatra, caused chaos on Wednesday and left thousands of passengers, including students, s

Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – Industrial players in Batam, Riau Islands, are considering using robots to increase production cost efficiency as the monthly city minimum wage (UMK) for workers has co

Krithika Varagur, Jakarta – Workers at several Indonesian palm oil plantations that supply Pepsi and Nestle suffer from a variety of labor abuses, including lower-than-minimum wages, child labor, e

Kuala Lumpur – The world's biggest palm oil processor Wilmar has launched fresh measures to improve conditions of thousands of children living on its plantations, but campaigners said on Wednesday

Celestina Soares, Est – The President of Timor-Leste National Youth Council (CNJTL), Maria Dadi Magno said unemployment rates in Timor-Leste are high and increasing annually, because now there are

Alpen Martinus, Tondano – Scores of Manado State University (Unima) students from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan), the Minahasa Progressive Women and individual pro

Amal Ganesha, Jakarta – Indonesia has a long way to go before the country can fully embrace the so-called "Fourth Industrial Revolution," panel members at the 2017 Indonesia Economic Forum said in

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – The West Java administration has set Karawang regency's minimum wage at Rp 3.92 million (US$289.99), the highest in the country.

Cikarang – On Monday November 20 some 644 PT Alpen Food Industry or PT Aice workers went on strike in protest against the ice cream company.

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – At just 16 years old, Tanzil Alil Uman is just a boy, crying in pain from his hospital bed.

Anton Hermansyah, Bogor, West Java – The government is studying the possibility of establishing what it calls a "workers fund" as a temporary financial cushion for people losing their jobs and to f

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI) chairman Muhammad Rusdi said that the political contract between the workers union and Anies-Sandi did exist.

There's no doubt that Islamic hardliners and their politicized protests against former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama played a major role in current Governor Anies Baswedan's electi

Jakarta – Hundreds of members of various labor organizations gathered in front of City Hall on Friday afternoon to protest the new provincial minimum wage.

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan only gave a thumbs up when asked about a plan of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI) to rally on Friday against the provincial minimum wag

Chitra Paramesti, Jakarta – Former Head of the synchronization team for Anies-Sandi, Sudirman Said claims that he has never witnessed the Governor and Deputy Governor sign a political contract with

Jakarta – The government is to intensify its labor programs next year in 100 regencies and cities in its effort to boost job creation, kontan.co.id reported on Monday.

Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has recorded an increase in the number of unemployed people to 7.04 million in August, 2017, up from 7.03 million in the same month last year.

David Oliver Purba, Jakarta – Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI) president Said Iqbal says that former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok had far more courage in setting the p

Jakarta – Labor unions have expressed their disappointment over the city's 2018 provincial minimum wage (UMP) that is even lower than promised.

Jakarta – The city administration reached a decision on Wednesday to set the provincial minimum wage at Rp 3.6 million (US$265).

Jakarta – The Workers Federation staged a rally demanding an increase in the minimum wage in front of City Hall on Tuesday.

Restidia Putri and Richard C. Paddockoct, Tangerang – At the age of 14, Surnah was done with school, and a month ago she took a full-time job packaging fireworks at a new factory near her home.

Jakarta – Three suspects have been named in connection to a deadly blaze at an Indonesian fireworks factory that killed 48 workers and was caused by sparks from welding equipment, police said Satur

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – More than 40 people were killed after a fire ripped through a fireworks factory in a satellite city of Jakarta with bodies incinerated as they tried to es

Jakarta – Lawmakers passed a bill offering more protection for Indonesian migrant workers in Jakarta on Wednesday (25/10).

Kuala Lumpur – Like millions of Indonesian women who earn a living through domestic work, Leni Suryani thought that long hours for a meager salary was just the lot of a maid.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Indonesia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has called on the government to revise the 2003 Manpower Law, saying that the law has become a target of complaints by

Jakarta – Anders Wickberg, Business Sweden trade commissioner to Indonesia, said an unreliable regulatory climate, lack of skilled labor and inadequate infrastructure are some of the obstacles hamp

Jakarta – The implementation of e-payment systems at tollgates has met resistance from worker unions, as the system will affect some 20,000 workers, half of whom are in Jakarta, who stand to lose t

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Jakarta – The Jakarta-based Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) hopes the upcoming meeting between the Indonesian government and a United Nations committee on migrant workers will provide momentum fo

Hundreds of former workers of Freeport Indonesia clashed with security forces near the company's mines in the eastern province of Papua on Saturday and three workers were injured, company and union

An Australian miners' union says 10 people have died in Indonesia's Papua province due to a labour dispute at the Grasberg mine.

Jakarta – Garbage collectors in Depok, West Java, launched a strike on Monday to demand a better payment scheme.

Jakarta – The Jakarta administration has called on businesses to help ease the chaotic traffic in the capital by providing shuttle buses for employees, an official has said.

Jakarta – IndustriALL Global Union, a federation of labor unions, said the Indonesian unit of copper miner Freeport McMoRan and metal smelter Smelting had treated "fired" workers "inhumanely and wi