Parliament to Swiftly Discuss Labour Law and Asset Forfeiture Bills
Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad stated that the DPR’s Legislative Body will soon schedule the establishment of a team to discuss the Employment Law Bill (RUU Ketenagakerjaan).
Dasco explained that the Legislative Body will form this team by involving labour union representatives and designate the bill as a DPR legislative initiative.
“The Employment Law Bill will comply with the Constitutional Court’s decision,” Dasco said at the DPR, MPR, and DPD complex on Wednesday, 11 March 2026.
Dasco also said the Legislative Body will soon schedule public hearings for the drafting and harmonisation of the Asset Forfeiture for Criminal Acts Bill (RUU Perampasan Aset Tindak Pidana) and the Unified Data Bill (RUU Satu Data).
Regarding the Unified Data Bill, Dasco explained that discussions will focus on data synchronisation, given past experiences during disaster response where data inconsistencies existed across various ministries. These inconsistencies caused obstacles in distributing aid to displaced persons. Furthermore, the Unified Data Bill is important to harmonise data differences for social assistance funds and the Social Security Provider (BPJS).
“We will synchronise the data so that in future there is no more data confusion that creates poor conditions on the ground,” said Dasco, chairman of the Gerindra Party daily leadership.
In January, the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) urged the DPR to accelerate discussions on the new Employment Law following the Constitutional Court’s decision in Case No. 168 of 2024.
KSPI President Said Iqbal stated that the Constitutional Court’s ruling mandates that Indonesia establish new employment regulations complete with an academic manuscript within two years of the ruling announcement in October 2024.
“Now (January), only approximately nine months remain. However, neither the academic manuscript nor the draft Employment Law Bill has been prepared,” Said said on 14 January 2026.
Calls to accelerate discussions on the Employment Law Bill were reiterated by KSPI and the Confederation of All Indonesian Labour Unions on 3 March 2026 at the Parliament complex.
At that meeting, Dasco received labour union representatives and promised that Employment Law Bill discussions would involve labour elements.
“We have already agreed that the DPR, government, labour unions, and business associations will participate so that we can produce one law that everyone agrees on,” Dasco said after meeting labour union representatives.