Overview

Between late May and early June of 2020, the Indonesian Government began to introduce the so-called “new-normal” concept which involved a relaxing of the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar – “PSBB”) framework that was in place in an effort to boost the national productivity rate during the ongoing Corona Virus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic.[1] Since then, the Indonesian Government has begun to implement this new-normal paradigm. As a result, the government has issued several regulatory frameworks that specifically address guidelines for the implementation of the new normal across various sectors of the economy, as well as the gradual lifting of PSBB across several Indonesian cities.[2]