• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Conventus Law

Conventus Law

Conventus Law

  • About Us
  • Channels
    • Jurisdiction Channel
    • Practice Area Channel
    • Industry Channel
    • Business Of Law
    • Law Firms
    • Special Reports
  • Video
  • Events
  • Explore
  • Search
  • Membership
  • Conventus Doc
x
Search

More results...

Generic filters
Home » Special Report » Indonesia – An Insight Into Labour & Employment Law.

Indonesia – An Insight Into Labour & Employment Law.

May 14, 2015

May 14, 2015 by

14 May, 2015

 

Legal News & Analysis – Asia Pacific – Indonesia – Labour & Employment
 

 

2015 may usher in a tighter language proficiency requirement for expatriates working in Indonesia.  The requirement of the ability to communicate in Bahasa Indonesia is not new, but now there may be an enhanced standard requiring a sufficient knowledge of the language to satisfy a standard to be proscribed by the Minister of Education. We had a chance to catch up with Legal Consultants of SSEK’s Labor and Employment practice regarding updates on this issue, and here is what they had to say.

 

Conventus Law: Will this new language requirement likely result in a language test similar to a TOEPEL exam that applicants must take and pass in order to secure a work visa?

 

SSEK: First, it is important to know that the implementation of the language proficiency test would be regulated in an amendment of Minister of Manpower Regulation No. 12 of 2013 regarding Procedures for Employing Foreign Workers (MOM Reg 12). While Indonesia’s Manpower Minister, Hanif Dhakiri, had forecast that this amendment would be done by February 2015, it is still being discussed within the ministry and among other involved parties, such as the House of Representatives, labor unions and the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce. So it is impossible at this point to say how, or even if, this proposed language proficiency requirement will be implemented.

 

There has been, however, discussion between the Directorate General of Manpower Placement Development (DGMPD), part of the Ministry of Manpower, and the Language Development Institute of the University of Indonesia about the content and method for giving such a proposed test. And the Manpower Minister on at least one public occasion1 and an official from the DGMP have said that the language proficiency test would be required to secure a work visa, known as an IMTA.

           

CL: Will this new standard be applied retroactively to currently employed expatriates?

 

SSEK: Details on how this language proficiency requirement might be implemented have not been revealed, so it is impossible to know whether this requirement would be applicable to currently employed expatriates holding an IMTA. 

 

CL: While this regulation presents a stricter standard, is there any real penalty to the employer or employee for failing to adhere to this new requirement?

 

SSEK: If passing a language proficiency test were to be made a requirement for securing an IMTA, the possible sanction would likely relate to the granting of the IMTA itself. So, failing to pass the language proficiency test could result in the non-granting of an IMTA or even the revocation of an existing IMTA, depending on how such a requirement might eventually be implemented.

 

End Notes:

 

1 http://www.antaranews.com/berita/471960/tenaga-kerja-asing-wajib-bisa-bahasa-indonesia dated January 2, 2015.

SSEK

 

For further information, please contact:
 

David Eyerly, Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono 

davideyerly@ssek.com

 

Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono Labour & Employment Practice Profile in Indonesia

 

Labour & Employment Law Firms in Indonesia

Primary Sidebar

PRESS RELEASES

  • Partner Dang Hoan My Participated In The Vietnam Tax Summit 2025. 18 July 2025
  • Vietnam – Indochine Counsel Announces Promotion For Ms. Lai Bich Ngoc, Effective 1 July 2025. 18 July 2025
  • Withers Announces International 16 Partner Promotion Round. 18 July 2025
  • Philippines – Important Advisory: Beware Of Fraudulent And Unauthorized Posts And Messages Purporting To Come From SyCipLaw. 18 July 2025
  • US – Skadden Ranked First In Defending Companies Against Shareholder Activism. 18 July 2025

NEWS FEED

    July 18, 2025

    Italy – Insurance Loss Payable Clause In Leasing Agreements

    July 18, 2025

    AI In Real Estate: A New Frontier With Legal Implications In Singapore.

    July 18, 2025

    Singapore To Launch New Business Adaptation Grant – How Your Business Can Benefit.

    July 18, 2025

    US – New York Court Tackles The Legality Of AI Voice Cloning.

    - Stuart D. Levi - Skadden,
    July 18, 2025

    US Establishes First Federal Regulatory Framework For Stablecoins: The GENIUS Act Passes Congress And Awaits President Trump’s Signature.

    July 18, 2025

    US – 2026 SEC Filing Deadlines And Financial Statement Staleness Dates.

    July 17, 2025

    Indonesia – E-Commerce Platform Liability And Safe Harbor Provisions.

    - Kin Wah Chow - Rouse, Rouse
    July 17, 2025

    UK – HM Treasury Consults On Changes To Insurance Risk Transfer Framework.

    July 17, 2025

    UK Government To Press Ahead With New Captive Insurance Regime.

    July 17, 2025

    UK – The FRC Publishes Its Annual Review Of Audit Quality 2025.

Footer

Conventus Law
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin

CONVENTUS LAW

  • About Us
  • Explore
  • Video
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • Jurisdiction Channel
  • Practice Area Channel
  • Industry Channel
  • Law Firms
  • Business Of Law
  • Special Reports

OTHERS

CONVENTUS DOCS
CONVENTUS PEOPLE

3/f, 13/F, Two Harbourfront, 22 Tak Fung Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

social@conventuslaw.com

Terms of use | Privacy statement © 2025 Conventus Law. All Rights Reserved.