Deputy Speaker of the House Sufmi Dasco Ahmad responded to one of the\nlabour union demands regarding the classification of online motorcycle\ntaxi (ojol) or digital platform workers\u2019 status. Currently, online\nmotorcycle taxi drivers only hold the status of applicator partners.<\/p>\n
\u201cDiscussions on whether they become workers or partners are still\nbeing simulated,\u201d Dasco said when receiving an audience from the Aliansi\nGerakan Buruh Bersama Rakyat at the DPR complex in Jakarta on Friday, 1\nMay 2026.<\/p>\n
He stated that the online motorcycle taxi group would be invited for\ndialogue to further discuss the demand for classification as workers.\nDasco said he does not rule out the possibility that the May Day 2026\ndemand for welfare guarantees for ojol drivers will be realised.<\/p>\n
This is because, he said, the government has purchased shares in\napplicators. This was done by the Badan Pengelola Danantara.<\/p>\n
Through the government\u2019s purchase of applicator shares, he said, the\npolicy system for online motorcycles will be gradually but surely\nadjusted. For example, the fee taken by applicators will be reduced to\nless than 10 per cent.<\/p>\n
\u201cApplicators will only take 8 per cent of what is collected,\u201d said\nthe Daily Chairman of the Gerindra Party.<\/p>\n
The demand to abolish the partnership practice implemented by digital\nplatform companies, including online motorcycle taxi applicators, is\nseen as a new form of exploitation. President of the All-Indonesian\nWorkers\u2019 Union Association Mirah Sumirat said that digital platform\nworkers are positioned as partners but are required to comply with\ncompany rules.<\/p>\n
According to her, such partnership practices are in fact merely\nsuperficial. Because, she said, digital platform workers do not receive\nincome certainty, including without adequate social security and labour\nprotection.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe demand that the state recognise digital platform workers as\nworkers with clear status and equal rights,\u201d Sumirat said on Friday, 1\nMay 2026.<\/p>\n
In a separate opportunity, President Prabowo Subianto stated that he\nhas signed a revenue-sharing regulation for online motorcycle taxi\n(ojol) drivers with applicator companies. In the new policy, ojol\ndrivers receive a larger revenue share.<\/p>\n
Prabowo announced this step in a speech during the International\nLabour Day or May Day celebration at the National Monument area in\nJakarta on Friday, 1 May 2026. \u201cThe revenue sharing (originally) 80 per\ncent for drivers, now becomes at least 92 per cent for drivers,\u201d he said\nin front of the labour masses.<\/p>\n
The General Chairman of the Gerindra Party conveyed that the policy\nhas been signed through Presidential Regulation No.\u00a027 of 2026 on the\nProtection of Online Transportation Workers. With this regulation,\nonline transportation applicator companies can only take an 8 per cent\ncut from drivers. Previously, applicators on average cut up to 20 per\ncent.<\/p>\n
In addition, said Prabowo, Presidential Regulation No.\u00a027 of 2026\nalso provides work accident guarantees. \u201cBPJS Health, health insurance\nwill be provided,\u201d said the former Minister of Defence.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dasco-classification-of-ride-hailing-drivers-as-workers-still-being-simulated-1777629340", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }