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500,000 workers to take to street on Labor Day

Around 500,000 Indonesian workers will take to the street on May 1 to commemorate the Labor Day, the Confederation of ...

Govt always tries to better protect workers in tobacco industry

The Indonesian government will always try to improve the protection of workers in the cigarette and tobacco industry, ...

Closely supervising temporary foreign workers

Reports on arrests and deportations of foreign workers have become quite frequent lately, as regional authorities ...

Indonesia to gain from tax amnesty law in long term: Expert

Tax amnesty policy would be beneficial to the state in long term, although in short term the policy cuts potential ...

BPJS-kesehatan now has 170 million members

Nearly 170 million Indonesian citizens have become members of the Health and Social Security Management Agency ...

Tax amnesty breakthrough or step backward?

Observers are split over the tax amnesty bill proposed by the government. Some said it is a breakthrough, but ...

Jakarta governor amends regulation on rallies following NGO protests

Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) has amended a gubernatorial regulation of 2015 governing freedom of ...

Jakarta workers reject minimum wage at Rp3.1 mln

Laborers in Jakarta have rejected the monthly provincial minimum wage set by the local government at Rp3.1 million on ...

Provinces must fulfil workers' decent living cost criteria

For Indonesian workers and employers, the governments announcement of its fourth economic policy package brought good ...

No need for Indonesian workers to stage salary hike rallies anymore

A salary hike is one of the demands raised by workers at almost all rallies as many of them earn less than minimum ...

Govt to apply three policies to improve workers` welfare

The Indonesian government will apply three policies, including a new formula to ensure periodic salary hikes to ...

Wage policy only benefits employers: Labor union

Secretary General of the Confederation of Indonesian Labor Unions (KSPI) Muhammad Rusdi has said the new wage policy ...

Labor unions urge govt not to use foreign labor

Thousands of workers staged a rally on Tuesday, urging the government to not provide easy access to foreign workers ...

Three ministers meets labor representatives

Three cabinet ministers received representatives of labor unions today, who had taken to the street to convey their ...

Thousands of workers stage rally outside Lebak district legislative body

Thousands of workers staged a rally outside the Lebak district legislative council (DPRD) building in Banten province ...