Part-Time PPPK Status Changes Must Be Matched by Greater Welfare Certainty

JAKARTA — The change in status of part-time government employees under work agreements (PPPK) to full-time employment should be accompanied by improved welfare. Certainty over income, social security and workplace protection should go hand in hand with the change in employment status.

Shintya Sandra Kusuma, a member of the House of Representatives’ Commission II from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction, said the policy would recognise the service of public-service workers. However, she said, the change must not be purely administrative without improving employees’ circumstances.

“After years of service, they must not end up with only a change in the name of their status and no improvement in their welfare,” Shintya said on Tuesday (10 November 2026).

She urged the government to set a clear appointment timetable and conduct data verification transparently and fairly. This was necessary to ensure that honorary workers who meet the criteria are not left out of the status-conversion process.

Shintya also highlighted the budgetary readiness of both the central and regional governments. Appointments as full-time PPPK, she said, must be backed by sufficient fiscal capacity so employees’ entitlements can be delivered on time.

She said Commission II would oversee budgetary readiness to ensure the policy did not create new problems for employees. Certainty of status, fulfilment of entitlements and workplace protection must advance together to improve PPPK welfare.

“Our struggle is not over. Certainty of status must go hand in hand with certainty of welfare,” she said.

The government previously announced plans to convert part-time PPPK to full-time status from 1 January 2027. State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said the government would also give full-time PPPK the opportunity to sit the selection process for prospective civil servants (CPNS).

“After carrying out several rounds of calculations, today we have decided that part-time PPPK will be appointed as full-time PPPK across professions,” Prasetyo said in a statement in Jakarta on Friday (6 November 2026).