Peter Gelling, Jakarta – Wani, an Indonesian domestic servant, tells Human Rights Watch in a new report that when she was 13 years old, her female employer would pin her up against a wa

In a stark warning of bad times to come, the Indonesian Employers Association, or Apindo, said on Friday that unemployment was likely to increase by between 800,000 and a million this y

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked national industries to reign in spending in a bid to avoid mass layoffs when the economic downturn takes effect.

Jakarta – Around 100,000 Indonesian laborers in Malaysia are expected to return to Indonesia this year as Malaysia experiences an economic slowdown.

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Jakarta – Most businesses may wait until after elections before deciding whether to lay off workers permanently, to minimize potential social unrest.

Surabaya – Due to the global economic downturn, the provincial government has allowed 14 troubled companies to underpay their workers.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) said that massive layoffs are in sight should the city administration insist on its plan to raise the sectoral provincial minimum

Nurseffi Dwi Wahyuni, Jakarta – As many as 500,000 casual, contract and permanent workers will loose their jobs if no orders come in to ensure industrial activity continues.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – As the global economic crisis deepens, the government plans to take over tax liabilities normally paid by companies, to help maintain jobs.

Rumbadi Dalle, Batam – The average income for Indonesian fishermen is still below the average regional minimum wage.

Palembang – The impact of the global crisis continues to claim victims around the country as more workers are laid off.

Several large electronics companies in Bintan, Riau Island in Indonesia, affected by the global economic downturn, have begun large-scale worker layoffs, a local manpower agency officia

Jakarta – Up to 700 workers have been laid off less than a week into the year, bringing total dismissed workers since November last year, when the global financial crunch first hit the

Jakarta – The National Statistics Agency (BPS) has announced that in comparison with the second quarter of 2008, in nominal terms the average wage of industrial workers in the third qua

Dini Mawuntyas, Surabaya – The head of the board of directors of the Tanjung Perak branch of the Land Transport Organisation in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya, Kodi Lomaha

Nieke Indrietta/Dianing Sari, Jakarta – Workers employed in four industrial sectors are still threatened with mass dismissals this year as a result of the global financial crisis, namel

Jakarta – Companies in Indonesia will have shed 40,000 jobs by the end of 2008 as a result of the global financial crisis, a government minister said Tuesday.

With many industries resorting to production cuts amid weakened demand, hurting their revenue, layoffs next year could reach far more than 1.5 million, business associations are warning

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Industry players say a collapse in many sectors next year is not likely, but warn a drop in revenue is very real, with some industries to be hit harder than

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The looming termination of many labor-intensive programs in Aceh, combined with the remnants of its conflicts and rebellion, is putting the tsunami-devastated pr

JP/Suherdjoko – The global economic meltdown has slowly taken a toll on Indonesia as 250,000 of the country's migrant workers have returned home, exacerbating the already high jobless r

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Indonesia, along with most countries in the world, has seen the gap between the salaries of its workers widen in the past two decades, a condition that is protr

Ni Komang Erviani and Andra Wisnu, Denpasar – The Bali Tourism Workers Union, particularly in the Badung regency where over 200,000 workers depend on tourists for their livelihood, is b

Alwan Ridha Ramdani, Bandung – Thousands of contract laborers of 12 textile and garment companies in Dayeuhkolot Industrial Area, in Bandung, West Java, may not have their contracts ren

Fadli, Batam – Companies operating in the industrial areas in Bintan, Riau Islands, have seen dramatic slowdowns due to ripple effects from the global economic crisis.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Layoffs will not reach into the millions next year as was feared, mainly because of the ability of the informal sector to absorb workers who have been dismis

Jakarta – The number of workers that have already been dismissed appears to be extraordinarily large. At least, this is the version being given by employers.

Oleh Ahmad Arif – The global financial crisis, which began far away in the United States, appears to have also become a bugbear for workers in Indonesia.

Jakarta – In 2004, Rima, a domestic helper in Hong Kong, was repeatedly beaten and raped by her employer until she met a fellow Indonesian who took her to the police.

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – White-collar workers have enjoyed relative safety from the current trend of layoffs sweeping the country, with dismissals largely hitting medium- to low-level

Jon Afrizal and Nana Rukmana, Jambi, Cirebon – Companies in Jambi province will lay off workers to survive financial problems stemming from the impacts of the global crisis, while those

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Malaysia expects to hire fewer Indonesian workers and see a decrease in the volume of investment, trade and tourism between the two countries due to the globa

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Demand for Indonesian migrant workers in the overseas formal sector is on the rise, with hospitals, hotels and transportation and construction companies the

Jakarta – PT Jamsostek, the state-owned occupational insurance provider, will add Rp 2 trillion (around US$179.5 million) to its annual cash reserves next year to anticipate possible wi

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Workplace discrimination remains an issue for people with HIV/AIDS, with most companies still refusing to employ HIV-positive job seekers, and about half consid

Sahat Simatupang, Medan – Thousands of workers in Medan yesterday (1/12) hit the streets to reject the four-minister decree that restricts wage rises in an effort to anticipate the impa

Rofiudin, Semarang – Several companies in Central Java have been dismissing workers since September due to the world financial crisis and this will continue.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – With the global financial crisis starting to affect Asian countries, hundreds of thousands of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South

Multa Fidrus, Banten – After being laid off in September along with 416 other workers by the same company in Serang, Prihatini, 36, said Saturday she had lost hope of finding employment

Fadli, Batam – About 200 members of the All-Indonesia Federation of Workers Union in Batam demonstrated outside the Batam municipal office Thursday, demanding the city's minimum wage be

Astrid Wijaya, Jakarta – The ongoing global financial crisis will not reap havoc on the demand for Indonesian migrant workers, particularly in Kuwait, the United States and Canada, an o

Jakarta – Under mounting pressure from workers, the House of Representatives demanded Tuesday the government revoke a joint ministerial decree limiting minimum wage rises, citing it cou

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Compounding a bleak financial situation that has experts forecasting Indonesia's economy has nowhere to hide from the global financial crisis, the Manpower a

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Thousands of workers in West Java took to the streets again Monday in protest over the fixed city and regency minimum wage schemes.

Jakarta – Unemployment in Aceh Nangroe Darussalam has increased this year as rebuilding efforts following the deadly tsunami that hit the province in late 2004 have slowed.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Cimahi – Thousands of laborers from various factories in Cimahi, West Java, staged a rally protesting Cimahi Mayor Itoc Tochija's decision to set the city's minimum wa

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (Riaupulp) will dismiss up to 2,000 workers, or around half of its total workforce, to help stop the company from sinking amid

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers staged a rally outside of the Presidential Office in Central Jakarta on Wednesday to protest a joint ministerial decree (SKB) that would take power to set

Jakarta – Demanding an end to the minimum-wage talks deadlock between employers and workers, thousands of workers have rallied at the East Java governor's office in Surabaya on Wednesda