House of Representatives Commission IX Ready to Oversee Derivative Regulations for Domestic Workers Protection Law

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Commission IX, Charles Honoris, stated that his commission is ready to oversee the derivative regulations stemming from the Domestic Workers Protection Law (UU PPRT), which was approved in a parliamentary plenary session on Tuesday (21/4). According to Charles, even though the law has been approved for enactment, the House of Representatives’ duties regarding the UU PPRT are not yet complete. Commission IX will act as a supervisor in the preparation of technical regulations at the government level to ensure that the substance is not diluted. “Going forward, we will certainly continue to monitor the discussion or formulation of the derivative regulations so that the derivative regulations must also provide comprehensive protection to domestic workers,” he said, as per a statement received in Jakarta on Thursday. The legislator responsible for labour affairs appreciated the completion of the UU PPRT after a long process spanning more than two decades. “So far, we have advocated for the protection of Indonesian migrant workers abroad, whereas domestically we have not had reciprocal regulations supporting domestic workers in Indonesia, and today it has been enacted,” he stated. The enactment of this policy is believed to erase the stigma that domestic workers operate in an informal sector untouched by law. With this law, domestic workers are now recognised as workers with normative rights. “We appreciate this because with this law, domestic workers have legal certainty, legal status, and are provided with protection in terms of both health and employment,” he added. Previously, the 17th Plenary Session of the House of Representatives for the IV Session Period of 2025-2026 on Tuesday (21/4) approved the Domestic Workers Protection Bill to be enacted as law. On that occasion, Chairman of the Legislation Body of the House of Representatives, Bob Hasan, stated that there are 12 important substances in the Domestic Workers Protection Bill that have been agreed upon together by all stakeholders, from the government, civil society organisations, to labour groups. Among them are domestic workers’ entitlement to social security for health and employment, a prohibition on domestic worker placement companies (P3RT) from deducting wages and the like, as well as education and vocational training for prospective domestic workers. Bob also emphasised that the implementing regulations must be established at the latest one year after the UU PPRT comes into effect.