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Labor Institute urges government to enhance labor capacity

Labor Institute Indonesia has appealed to the government to step up capacity and competency of the labor force for ...

Labor unions propose joint team to revise waging regulation

Several leaders of labor unions met with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Friday, proposing the establishment of a ...

Activist optimistic of candidates discussing occupational safety in debate

Incumbent Joko Widodo's (Jokowi's) running mate, Ma'ruf Amin, and challenger Prabowo Subianto's ...

Bo assets sale in Pertamina: minister

State Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno denied on Friday that she had written a letter to state oil and gas firm ...

MK asked for judicial review of House inquiry right

The House of Representative is facing mounting challenge to its controversial authority to inquire the Corruption ...

Seeking government`s intervention in Freeport`s labor problem

Over the past several years, labor strikes have hit PT Freeport Indonesia (FI), but the subsidiary of the US mining ...

Freeport dismisses 840 workers

Gold and copper mining firm PT Freeport has reportedly laid off 840 employees for going on strike in Timika, Papua ...

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 ...