30 Nov 2020
Omnibus Law and Draft Regulation Relax Immigration Rules for Investors and Second Homers
This is the ninth in our series of ABNR Legal Updates on the Job Creation Law, which entered into force on 2 November 2020. This time we look at the changes the Job Creation Law makes in the immigration sector. A Draft Government Regulation (“DGR”) on the immigration provisions of the Job Creation Law (“JCL”, or Omnibus Law, as it is familiarly known),[1] has been published…
26 Nov 2020
‘Steady as She Goes’ in Shipping Sector as Omnibus Law Maintains Cabotage Ban, Foreign Ownership Restrictions
This is the eighth in our series of ABNR Legal Updates on the Job Creation Law, which entered into force on 2 November 2020. This time we look at the changes the Job Creation Law makes in the shipping sector. The Job Creation Law (“JCL”, or Omnibus Law, as it is familiarly known), makes few significant changes to the regulatory regime governing Indonesia’s shipping sector, as established…
17 Nov 2020
Omnibus Law Plants Seeds of Change in Indonesia’s Agricultural Sector
Greater Role for FDI and Move Away from Food Self-sufficiency Mantra This is the seventh in our series of ABNR Legal Updates on the Job Creation Law, which entered into force on 2 November 2020. This time we look at the changes the Job Creation Law makes in the agricultural sector. The Job Creation Law (“JCL”, or Omnibus Law, as it is familiarly known), makes a number of significant changes…
11 Nov 2020
Omnibus Law Should Boost Ease of Doing Business in Construction Sector
This is the sixth in our series of ABNR Legal Updates on the Job Creation Law, which entered into force on 2 November 2020. This time we look at the changes the Job Creation Law makes in the construction sector. The Job Creation Law (“JCL”, or Omnibus Law, as it is familiarly known), amends a number of laws that directly affect the construction sector. These include the following: 2017…
10 Nov 2020
Jakarta Ups Minimum Wage, Ignoring Central Gov’t Call for Freeze
Despite a recent circular issued by the Ministry of Manpower calling on provincial governors to freeze the 2021 minimum wage rates in their respective jurisdictions, the Jakarta provincial administration has opted to increase the minimum monthly wage payable in the province during 2021 by 3.27 percent to IDR 4,416,186.548 (USD 307.40[1]). The administration’s decision is set out in Jakarta Gubernatorial…