MAPPING THE INDONESIAN COURT SYSTEM: Part Four, Chapter Five: Resolving Employment Disputes

This Indonesia Law Digest (ILD) discusses the Industrial Relations Court system (Peradilan Hubungan Industrial), a court established under Law No. 2 of 2004 on Settlement of Industrial Relations Disputes (“Industrial Relations Law”).

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COURT

Following Government efforts to address the need for a venue to hear labor disputes which procedurally (time-wise) advantageous to both employees and employers compared to normal civil case proceedings, the Government initially prepared several laws as infrastructure to provide for the Industrial Relations Court to hear employment matters. This was done through the enactment of Law No. 13 of 2003 on Labor (“Labor Law”) and Law No. 21 of 2000 on Worker Unions (“Worker Unions Law”).