The Governor of the Special Capital City Region of Jakarta has determined the 2019 provincial minimum wage for Jakarta through the issuance of Regulation of the Governor No. 114 of 2018.

As a follow up to the new legal framework for foreign workers, the Minister of Manpower has issued Regulation No. 10 of 2018 on the Recruitment of Foreign Workers. This new regulation comprises implementing provisions for Regulation of the President No. 20 of 2018, which addresses the same matters.

With the ultimate objective of improving the national economy and bolstering investment within Indonesia, the government has now updated the rules governing the recruitment of foreign workers through the issuance of Regulation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia No. 20 of 2018 on the Recruitment of Foreign Workers.

The Governor of the Special Capital City Region of Jakarta has finally determined the 2018 minimum wages for workers across several industrial sectors after considering the results of negotiations that took place between business associations and labor unions, through the issuance of Governor's Regulation No. 16 of 2018 on the 2018 Minimum Wages for the Industrial Sector.

The Ministry of Manpower has issued Regulation No. 22 of 2017 on the Implementation of the One-Stop Integrated Service Facility within the Manpower Sector at the Investment Coordinating Board. Regulation 22/2017 compiles the various provisions which were originally stipulated under Ministry Regulation No. 25 of 2014 on the Implementation of the One-Stop Integrated Service Facility within the Manpower Sector at the Investment Coordinating Board, as well as its amendment, Ministry Regulation No. 9 of 2017.

As an implementation of Article 9 of Law No. 7 of 1981 on the Mandatory Reporting of Employment by Companies, the Ministry of Employment has issued Regulation No. 18 of 2017 on Procedures for Mandatory Online Reporting of Employment by Companies .

The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform have issued Joint Decree No. 707, 256, 01/SKB/MENPAN-RB/09/2017 on National Public Holidays and Joint Leave for 2018.

In order to accommodate the needs of experts across the banking sector, the Financial Services Authority has issued Regulation No. 37/POJK.03/2017 on the Employment of Foreign Workers and the Transfer-of-Knowledge Program Within the Banking Sector. This regulation basically makes no alteration to any of the provisions which were originally set out under Bank Indonesia Regulation No. 9/8/PBI/2007, which addressed the same matters. The new regulation addresses several provisions, including: 1) Eligible positions for foreign workers; 2) Employment of foreign workers; and 3) The Transfer-of-Knowledge program.

Through the issuance of Regulation No. 20 of 2017, the Governor of the Jakarta Special Capital City Region has determined the 2017 minimum wages for certain industrial sectors in Jakarta, specifically: (1) Chemicals, energy, and mining; (2) Metal work, electronics and machinery; (3) Pharmaceuticals and health services. In spite of the higher statutory minimum wages set under the new regulation, fewer industrial sectors (from a previous total of 11 down to only three sectors) and subsectors are covered in comparison with the 2016 minimum-wage framework.

In a bid to establish clearer guidelines for the provision of additional facilities through BPJS to participants in the Labor Market, the Ministry of Employment has recently issued Regulation No. 35 of 2016 on Procedures for the Granting of, Requirements, and Types of Additional Facilities under the Old-Age Benefits Program. These guidelines address four main areas: types of additional facilities that may be provided, eligibility requirements, procedures for securing the facilities, as well as reporting and evaluation on the provision of the facilities.