INDONESIA'S NEW REGULATION ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN MANPOWER: OFFERING SOME CLARITY WHILE RAISING QUESTIONS

The KPPU issues a regulation to maximize the use of electronic media in case management.

On 4 January 2021, the President of Republic of Indonesia issued Regulation No. 2 of 2021 on the Ratification of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement to Legalize Foreign Public Documents (“PR 2/2021”) (the convention is hereinafter referred to as the “Apostille Convention”).

Following our firm’s previously published advisory series on the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (the “Job Creation Law”), including among others our overview of the changes to the regulations regarding investment, land, and manpower, this advisory specifically highlights the key provisions of the Job Creation Law on Special Economic Zones amending the following regulations: 1. Law No. 39 of 2009 on Special Economic Zones (“Law 39/2009”); 2. Law No. 36 of 2000 on The Issuance of a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 1 of 2000 on Free Trade and Free Port Zones to be Law; and 3. Law No. 37 of 2000 on The Issuance of a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law No. 2 of 2000 on Free Trade and Free Port Zones to be Law.

Although it is included in Indonesia’s annual national legislation program (Program Legislasi Nasional/Prolegnas) so far, the draft new Indonesian Competition Law which will replace Law No. 5 of 1999 on The Prohibition against Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Business Competition (the “Competition Law”), has not been passed.