Apindo urges government to conduct in-depth study on Platform Economy workers

The Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) is urging the government to conduct a more in-depth and comprehensive study regarding the decision of the ILO Convention 193 on workers in the Digital Platform Economy, or Platform Economy, by considering a regulatory impact assessment. “We at Apindo hope that all parties, especially the government, will carry out a comprehensive study, including a regulatory impact assessment,” said Darwoto, Deputy Chairman for Manpower at the Apindo National Executive Board (DPN), in Jakarta on Tuesday. According to him, the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC) organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO) from 1 to 12 June 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland, produced several decisions related to “platform workers”. He explained that “platform workers” as decided in ILO Convention 193 has a broad meaning, where “workers” is not solely interpreted as an employee. Therefore, Darwoto said, the government must conduct a comprehensive study considering that Indonesia is a member and must implement the established rules. “The regulations to be issued must indeed have an impact assessment. So that the regulations will not be subject to constant revision midway,” he stated. Darwoto added that with a regulatory impact assessment, the resulting regulations will be sound and will have an impact on the business climate as well as the investment climate in Indonesia. He said the digital ecosystem is an important pillar, making it part of the national economic activity and a centre of growth. “We do not see whether the work support status will later be as an employee or become a partner as has been the practice. Of course, all of that must also have a shared view regarding this matter,” he said. What is certain, he noted, is that the convention produced several points, including that social security services must be available, transparency, non-discrimination, and others, which are inseparable parts of Convention 193.