Overview

Indonesia’s House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat – “DPR”) recently passed the Draft Bill (“Draft Bill”) on the Protection of Domestic Workers (Pekerja Rumah Tangga – “PRT”), meaning that it has now progressed to the status of a Bill (“Bill”). This all happened during a recent plenary session that was held on 21 April 2026[1] and has attracted renewed public attention, against a backdrop of the Draft Bill languishing on the National Legislation Program (Program Legislasi Nasional/Prolegnas) list for almost two decades without any certainty of passage.[2] The Bill is considered an important milestone in terms of efforts to strengthen legal protections for millions of PRT who have long worked within the informal domestic sector and who remain vulnerable to discrimination, exploitation, the imposition of excessive working hours and various forms of harassment and violence.[3]