House of Representatives Continues to Accept Public Participation on Domestic Workers Protection Bill

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad has stated that the DPR continues to accept public participation regarding the Bill on Domestic Workers Protection (PPRT).

According to him, during this Ramadan period, as of 5 March 2026, public participation will continue through to the deliberation stage until the bill is finalised.

“Public participation must be extensive, followed by in-depth study and careful deliberation,” Dasco said at the parliamentary complex in Jakarta on Monday.

Since last year, he noted that the DPR has frequently held discussions with Said Iqbal from the trade unions.

According to him, trade union representatives have stressed that the bill must genuinely emphasise protection for domestic workers.

“And I believe that because the PPRT Law also encompasses various aspects that must be considered, public participation needs to be extensive,” he said.

The DPR’s Legislation Body had previously invited various parties, ranging from the Ministry of Social Affairs to the Workers’ Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan), in the course of drafting the bill.

Deputy Chairman of the DPR’s Legislation Body, Martin Manurung, said that the Domestic Workers Protection Bill must become a lex specialis regulation that genuinely provides protection guarantees, from social security and healthcare to job certainty for domestic workers.

The existence of the bill could serve as a test case for the protection of informal sector workers in Indonesia, given that the existing regulatory framework still predominantly targets formal workers, despite the majority of the workforce being in the informal sector.