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Society 1 week ago
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After landmark law, domestic workers in Indonesia wait for wages to catch up
The new Domestic Workers Protection Law grants long-sought legal recognition, but key rules on wages and enforcement could take another year, leaving workers like Arnida waiting for tangible change.
Academia 1 week ago
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After the state and the owner, who protects fishers?
Behind the record-breaking profits of Indonesia’s industrial fishing fleet lies a predatory system of legal fictions and debt bondage that leaves the very workers fueling the industry with less than the price of a pack of cigarettes.
Jakarta 5 months ago
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Jakarta sets 2026’s minimum wage at Rp 5.7 million
Negotiations between workers, business owners and the city administration led to an agreement to set the alpha coefficient that determines the increase of minimum wage at 0.75, still within the threshold of between 0.5 and 0.9 set by the central government.
