New Presidential Regulation for Expatriate Worker and the Employer

New Presidential Regulation for Expatriate Worker and the Employer

On 29 March 2018, the President of Indonesia signed Presidential Regulation No. 20 of 2018 on Expatriate Manpower Utilization (“PR 20/2018”). While the regulation provides a variety of facilities for easing the process of employing expatriate manpowers and simplifying the related immigration issues, it also obscures several requirements that were previously clearly regulated.

PR 20/2018 revokes Presidential Regulation No. 72 of 2014 on Expatriate Manpower Utilization and the Implementation of Education and Training of Companion Workers (“PR 72/2014”), which is considered unbefitting with the government’s ambitious plan to increase the overall foreign investment and development in Indonesia. PR 20/2018 will be effective on 29 June 2018.

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