Undang-Undang Nomor 13 Tahun 2003 tentang Ketenagakerjaan

UU 13/2003 is Indonesia's foundational employment statute, governing the relationship between employers and workers including foreign-worker employment. For PMA operations the relevant provisions are: Article 42 requiring foreign workers to obtain RPTKA (Foreign Worker Employment Plan) approval and IMTA (Foreign Worker Permit) before commencing work; Article 43 establishing that foreign workers may only fill positions designated as open to foreign employment; Article 44 requiring foreign workers to be paired with an Indonesian counterpart for skill transfer; severance and termination rules that govern PT PMA workforce management; and the framework for outsourcing, fixed-term contracts, and minimum wages. Substantially amended by UU 11/2020 (Cipta Kerja) and UU 6/2023 — the OSS-RBA-era version of the law is what currently applies. Cited on the kbli.co.id /resources/kitas-work-permit and /id/resources/izin-tenaga-kerja-asing pages, and on every KBLI page where foreign-worker permitting is part of the licensing flow.