Labour Day: Puan Emphasises the Importance of Protection for Ride-Hailing Drivers

Happy International Labour Day 2026 to all workers. The May Day commemoration serves as a momentum to ensure that all workers in Indonesia receive their rights, including state protection guarantees,” she stated in a written remark on Friday (1/5/2026). According to her, those working as online motorcycle taxi drivers (ojol) also need protection. Moreover, at present, the role of online motorcycle taxi drivers is very important in supporting the economy in the digital era. “Protection of income, certainty of employment relations, and social security for online transportation service drivers are important because the digital sector now supports the economy of many families,” she explained. According to her, this can provide job certainty to them. Because job certainty can become a basic capital to meet their and their family’s living needs. “Because when job uncertainty increases, social pressure will be felt much more quickly at the family level. This is about basic household needs, children’s education, and various other living needs,” she added. Puan also positively welcomed the plan to form a Layoff Task Force (Satgas PHK). According to her, the task force can play a role in anticipating worker layoffs. “An approach like this is needed so that the state does not act after the wave of job terminations grows large, but rather has anticipatory instruments that can match industry data, labour conditions, and faster protection steps for workers,” she concluded.