Indonesian minimum wage rates are fixed at the provincial level and are reviewed annually. Currently, the minimum wage in Jakarta is IDR4,901,798. 

For customers of Remote, all employee payments will be made in equal monthly installments on or before the last working day of each calendar month, payable in arrears.

We can help you get a new employee started in Indonesia fast. The minimum onboarding time we need is only 19 working days.

Our team ensures your employees are onboarded and paid as quickly as possible while keeping your business compliant with all local employment legislation. The minimum onboarding time begins after the employee submits all required information onto the Remote platform. The onboarding timeline is also dependent upon registration with local authorities.

For all non-nationals of the country of employment, the Right to Work assessment (if applicable) will add three extra days to the total time to onboard. There may be extra time required if we need to follow-up on the right to work assessment.

Please note, payroll cut-off dates can impact the actual first day of employment. Remote has a payroll cut-off date of the 10th of the month unless otherwise specified.

Employees who have worked for an employer for at least 12 months consecutively are entitled to 12 days of paid annual leave. Employers are obligated to respect any provisions pertaining to leave entitlement stipulated in an employee’s contract or negotiated under a collective bargaining agreement.

Employees are entitled to 15 public holidays off annually and must be compensated if required to work on a holiday. Employees who’re expected to a work on a public holiday will have their compensation structured as follows:

• 1st – 7th hour: 200% hourly wages
• 8th hour: 300% hourly wages
• 9th & 10th hour: 400% hourly wages

Indonesian labor laws offer essentially unlimited sick leave that extends until an employee is fully recovered or the term of the employment contract elapses. Over the course of an employee’s illness, they’re entitled to 100% of their wages for the first four months, 50% of their wages for the next four months, and 25% of their normal wages until the employee recovers.

Female employees are entitled to three months of paid maternity leave, starting six weeks before delivery.

Fathers can take two paid days off work after their partner’s delivery.

• Bereavement leave: employees are entitled to two days of paid leave for the death of any 1st or 2nd-degree relative or one day in the event of a household member’s death.
• Religious observance: parents can request two days of paid leave to get their children circumcised or baptized.
• Marriage leave: Employees can take three days off work to attend to their marriage rites, or two, if the employee’s child is getting married.
• Adoption: adoptive parents can exercise the same leave entitlements as natural parents, i.e., three months paid leave for female employees and two days of paid leave for the father.