MEASURE Plus: Labor Law

Indonesia has a long and complex history of labor legislation, dating back to the Dutch period. The full report provides the historical context for current labor law and practice in Indonesia. The post-independence period was dominated by the Suharto administration’s “New Order,” which took a corporatist view of labor relations, with the union movement strongly controlled by the national government. The ability of labor to organize was severely limited during this period, and wage trends followed the dictates of the national government.