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Indonesia has made it mandatory for all Indonesian citizens and expatriates to participate in its social security programs.

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin reached Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Tuesday evening as part of an eight-day visit that will also ...

  In a debut for Indonesia – although its seems a little late from the view of regional peers –, the country has introduced its first-ever unemployment benefit scheme as part of the government’s social security programme. The scheme is designed to provide jobless people with cash stipends, skills training and career guidance for up to six months. To be eligible, workers must have participated in the government’s social security programs for healthcare and pensions. Employers are obliged to register their staff in the two schemes, and if they don’t, they have to pay cash compensatio...

Indonesia’s social security program is run by two organizations — the Social Security Administrator for Health ( BPJS Kesehatan) for healthcare and the Workers Social Security ( BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) for pensions. The universal healthcare program is already considered one of the largest single-payer national health insurance scheme, covering over 83 percent of the country’s 270 million people. Who will be eligible for the unemployment scheme? GR 37/2021 states that employees must meet the following conditions to be eligible for unemployment benefits: Must be an Indonesian citizen; Have ...