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April 22, 2026 | 07:51 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia’s Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) has welcomed the passage of the Domestic Workers Protection Law (UU PPRT), a long-delayed legislation that had been under discussion for more than two decades.
Minister Arifatul Choiri Fauzi said the law clearly defines the basic rights of domestic workers, including fair wages, reasonable working hours, social security, rest periods, leave entitlements, and access to adequate food.
She stressed that the law also provides protections for employers, as it formally recognizes domestic workers as part of the workforce under a structured legal framework.
“In this law, domestic workers are recognized as workers. So the terms ‘employer’ and ‘maids’ are no longer used,” Arifatul said at a press conference at the Bina Graha building in Jakarta’s Presidential Palace complex on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
She explained that the terms now used are “domestic workers” and “domestic work employers.”
One key provision in the law involves community-level oversight. Employers are required to report the presence of domestic workers in their households to local neighborhood units (RT/RW), along with basic identity details and employment agreements.
Copies of work agreements must also be submitted to these local authorities. The law further outlines mediation-based dispute resolution mechanisms, handled at the RT/RW level before cases proceed to court.
“This applies when a household employs a domestic worker—it must be reported to the local neighborhood unit, including the worker’s name, age, and employment agreement,” Arifatul said.
After 22 years of deliberation, the House of Representatives and the government passed the Domestic Workers Protection Law on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, coinciding with Kartini Day. The bill, first introduced in 2004, was approved during the 17th plenary session of the fourth sitting period of the 2025–2026 parliamentary term.
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