Indonesia passes long-awaited law to protect domestic workers

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday to protect the rights of domestic workers after more than two decades of deliberations and multiple delays. The bill was first introduced in 2004 to protect the country’s 4.2 million domestic workers, almost 90 percent of them women according to data from the Ministry of Manpower. They were previously not legally classified as workers, meaning they were forced to operate in an informal and unregulated economy, exposed to exploitation and abuse. READ: Indonesian maid earns online degree while working in Singapore Cheers and claps erupted from the audience as House Speaker […]... Keep on reading: Indonesia passes long-awaited law to protect domestic workers

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