Labour and migrant-worker protection regulations
Regulation summaries with their legal status and links to the official documents.
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- BP2MI Regulation 9/2020 on placement-fee exemption has been repealed BP2MI Regulation 9/2020, which exempted 10 jobs from placement fees, is no longer in force. Since 2025 placement costs fall under P2MI Regulation 17/2025.
- Government Regulation 35/2021 on fixed-term contracts, outsourcing, hours and dismissal PP 35/2021 governs fixed-term (PKWT) contracts, outsourcing, working hours, overtime, dismissal and severance. In force, read with Court ruling 168/2023.
- Indonesia's Labour Protection Law: approval status and when the official text is due Indonesia's DPR and Government approved the Labour Protection Law on 6 October 2026. It has no number yet, is not promulgated, and its text is not public.
- Law 18/2017 on the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers: what it says Indonesia's Law 18/2017 sets migrant workers' rights, documents, who may place workers abroad, the ban on charging placement costs, and penalties.
- Law 2/2026 on the Protection of Domestic Workers (PRT): what it says Indonesia Law 2/2026 sets domestic workers' rights, work agreements, hiring via agencies (P3RT), a ban on agency fees and wage cuts, and dispute steps.
- Manpower Regulation 6/2016 on the religious holiday allowance (THR) Manpower Regulation 6/2016 sets who gets THR, how it is calculated, the deadline of 7 days before the holiday, the late fine and sanctions. In force.
- P2MI Regulation 17/2025: who pays placement costs for Indonesian migrant workers P2MI Regulation 17/2025 makes the employer pay placement costs by default; any cost charged to the worker must be itemised in the placement agreement.
- P2MI Regulation 2/2026: placement steps and documents for Indonesian migrant workers P2MI Regulation 2/2026 sets the placement steps via KP2MI, a P3MI or an employer: free Sisko P2MI registration, documents, the OPP briefing and departure.
- P2MI Regulation 34/2025: the E-KPMI electronic card for Indonesian migrant workers P2MI Regulation 34/2025 sets up the E-KPMI: a free electronic card issued via Sisko P2MI that migrant workers must hold, checked by immigration.
- PP 36/2021 on Wages, as amended by PP 51/2023 and PP 49/2025: content and legal status Indonesia's wage regulation PP 36/2021, amended by PP 51/2023 and PP 49/2025: minimum wage rules, wage structures, fines, deductions and legal status.