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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 – 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

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

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

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 – 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.

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 – 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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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