Labour Party Pushes for New Employment Law Following Constitutional Court Ruling

The Labour Party will continue to push for the formation of a new Employment Law through the Trade Union-Labour Party Coalition (KSP-PB) as a follow-up to Constitutional Court (MK) Decision Number 168/PUU-XXI/2023, which ordered the creation of new regulations in the employment sector. Acting Secretary General of the Labour Party, Said Salahudin, stated that his party welcomes any initiative from various parties fighting for workers’ welfare through the drafting of a new Employment Law. He noted that the KSP-PB was formed around a year ago and involves various trade unions and community organisations, including farmers’ unions, honorary teachers, lecturers and campus workers, domestic workers, online motorcycle taxi drivers, medical personnel, media and creative industry workers, migrant workers, and fishermen’s organisations. In the forum, KSP-PB proposed that the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) not revise existing labour regulations but instead form a new law. Said emphasised that the Labour Party does not object to the emergence of other labour union alliances with similar goals, stating that more groups fighting for new employment regulations would be better for workers. He stressed that KSP-PB’s struggle remains based on the Constitutional Court ruling which annulled 21 norms in the Job Creation Law and ordered the employment cluster to be separated from the omnibus law scheme. The Constitutional Court has given lawmakers a maximum of two years to complete the new Employment Law and reminded them that the drafting process must involve the active participation of labour unions. Meanwhile, on 1 May 2026, President Prabowo told a crowd of workers that he had instructed the Minister of Manpower and the Minister of Law to finalise the Employment Law bill together with the DPR.