Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) - Indonesia (Ratification: 1950)

1. The Committee notes the reports provided by the Government. It notes that, following the repeal of Ministerial Regulations No. INS-02/MEN/1995 by Ministerial Decree No. KEP-132/MEN/1998, employers are no longer required to insure expatriates through the social security scheme. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would specify the meaning of the term "expatriate" in the national legislation and indicate whether it includes foreign workers.

2. Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Committee notes that the Government’s report does not contain the information requested earlier with regard to the absence in the legislation of provisions respecting the payment of benefits to victims of employment accidents, or their dependants, in the event of their residence abroad or the transfer of their residence abroad. The Committee is therefore once again bound to express the hope that the Government will provide any relevant information on this matter. It would also be grateful if the Government would indicate any laws, regulations or administrative measures relating to the payment of benefits to victims of employment accidents or their dependants in the event of residence abroad - for both national and foreign workers - and also provide information on any special arrangements that may have been made with other States concerned.

Furthermore, the Committee notes the Government’s statement that it has no information at this stage on the number of foreign workers employed in Indonesia who have been victims of employment accidents, as the statistics currently available only indicate the total number of employment accidents, without distinguishing between the nationality of the workers. It trusts that the Government will soon be able to provide this information, in accordance with Part V of the report form.