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Why are more Indonesian university graduates jostling for menial jobs?

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Indonesia now has two familiar images of graduate hardship, each with its own distinctive colour: the graduate in a green ojol (online motorcycle-taxi) jacket, and the graduate in an orange PPSU vest. They are usually told as separate stories. But both point to the same condition: graduates working in jobs that do not require the qualifications they spent years acquiring.

The Domestic Workers Protection Law is in place. Now it’s time to fight for working-class housewives

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The passing of the Domestic Workers Protection Bill (PPRT Law) on 21 April 2026 is a major victory that should be celebrated. After more than two decades, the struggle of domestic workers has at last paid off – they are finally recognised as workers.

Labour law revision: a decisive moment for Indonesian workers

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The outcome of these latest revisions will determine the future direction of labour protection in Indonesia: will the state revise the law to support workers’ need for labour protection, or will it once again treat workers as expendable variables in the name of market flexibility and investment interests?

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Date created: 1 July 2015

Editor: Ary Hermawan

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Professor Tim Lindsey
Dr Tim Mann
Aron Corbett

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