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SCORE in the Tourism Sector gathers pace

An update on the outreach of SCORE Training in tourism enterprises in South Africa, Kenya with some good news from Indonesia

Indonesia examines labour inspection in fishing

Recent years have seen both fishing itself and the market for capture fishery becoming increasingly globalized. Technology in the fishing industry has been changing rapidly as well, often transforming the way that fishing is carried out. Difficult...

Never escaping from modern slavery

The House of Representatives keeps delaying the adoption of the Law on Protection of Domestic Workers. Are they afraid of increasing salary of domestic workers?

Occupational Safety and Health

Indonesia ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)

Convention No. 187 is one of the ILO’s essential instruments in safety and health at the workplace

Without contracts, domestic workers’ rights unprotected

The condition of domestic workers who have written contracts with their employers is much better than those who do not have ones. Unfortunately, not all domestic workers can be protected by written contracts due to the lack of the government’s...

Lack of OSH protection for domestic workers (2)

The occupational health and safety (OSH) for domestic workers is actually regulated in the Law on Protection of Domestic Workers. Unfortunately, the draft legislation has been stalled for 10 years under the desk of the House of Representatives....

Lita Anggraeni: Our life and death is for the Law on Protection of Domestic Workers

A morning at the Pakubuwono Apartment, South Jakarta. Dozens of women were lining up in front of the main gate of the apartment. They were domestic workers.

Lack of OSH protection for domestic workers

Some professions have already known the term of OSH, Occupational Health and Safety. But it is not the case of domestic workers. Let alone OSH, even a law about them has not been included into the National Legislative Program after being submitted...

Sunarti: My hands blister when washing clothes

A morning at the Pakubuwono Apartment, South Jakarta. Dozens of women were lining up in front of the main gate of the apartment. They were domestic workers.

No maximum efforts yet to protect domestic workers

That afternoon, the sun was burning. The bandanna covering some of her hair looked wet. Sweat was profusely dripping on the temples of her eyes. By her hand, she was swiping sweat from pores on her face. The woman did not care to get burned under...

House 'ping-pongs' the Draft Law on Domestic Workers

The man was sitting, leaning back at the terrace of his house. Sipping a cup of coffee, he gazed up at the reddish twilight sky. His eyes looked empty. But his mind was jumping back into a period in the past. His lips were flaring up. He smiled. His...

National Child Protection Commission: Urgent, the abolition of child domestic workers

Eneng was only 11 years old when she started working as a child domestic worker. Economic reasons had forced Eneng, the third of seven children in her family, to answer an offer from a friend in her village to be a domestic worker in Jakarta.

Workers who are still considered as ‘housemaids’

It was not once or twice that she has to be awake at midnight to take care of her employer’s child who is still under five years old, whether to just prepare some milk, serve food or cradle the child when crying, while before the pre-dawn prayer...

Steep road of Draft Law on Protection of Domestic Workers

The Draft Law on Protection of Domestic Workers was submitted more than 10 years ago to the House of Representatives. Along the period, the legal umbrella for domestic workers have been in limbo.

When domestic workers united in trade union (Part 2)

Sapulidi means that in unity, we are strong. Sapulidi is also a symbol of domestic workers’ working equipment.

When domestic workers united in trade union

Trade union for domestic workers (SPRT) Tunas Mulia was born to inspire domestic workers to set up a trade union and fight for their rights as workers.

Promoting social dialogue on financial services reforms

Representatives from six Asia and the Pacific countries attended a two-day Tripartite Regional Workshop in Jakarta from 5-6 August 2015, discussing ways promote social dialogue on financial services reforms in selected Asia and Pacific countries....

Occupational safety and health in the construction sector

Tightening bolts and strengthening safety

In the jungles of Papua, Indonesia, an ILO-supported programme has helped construction workers and employers understand why safety is important, and how they can make simple, practical changes.

Strengthen competitiveness and productivity through decent work, says new ILO Report

Trends in 2015 point to a further slowdown of the economy, however, labour market indicators show that employment has continued to expand in 2015 and that unemployment rate has remained low, at 5.8 per cent in February 2015. In order to maintain...

ILO to publish annual report on labour and social trends in Indonesia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to launch its annual report “Labour and Social Trends in Indonesia 2014-2015: Strengthening competitiveness and productivity through decent work” in Jakarta on Thursday, the 9th of July, 2015.