● President Joko Widodo refuses to implement the more stringent quarantine measures imposed elsewhere in the region.
● With medical resource utilization possibly nearing capacity and local capabilities highly uneven across the archipelago, a miscalculation could have severe repercussions across the board.… Read the rest
On Wednesday, 12 February, President Joko Widodo finally submitted to parliament his administration’s Omnibus Bill on Job Creation. Slightly more than 1,000 pages long, it is one of the most substantial reform laws in decades, covering topics in 80 separate laws.… Read the rest
● The bill to reform the country’s labor rules was expected early this week.
● Consensus-building is likely taking place behind the scenes to avoid internal dissent that could feed resistance from labor unions.… Read the rest
