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8.1

VIII. ENFORCEMENT OF LABOUR LEGISLATION

As can be seen in earlier sections, the laws of the six countries visited contain numerous

provisions relating to labour standards.

Unfortunately many of them remain provisions on paper, and law enforcement is either only partially carried out or is ineffective for a variety of

reasons. Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore are

the most earnest in terms of enforcement. A brief

commentary on the position in each territory follows.

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Indonesia

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The labour laws in Indonesia are not

effectively enforced. In the first place, legislation exists in many forms and is very complicated. There are, for example, Statutes inherited from the Dutch, Acts passed since independence (but many provisions have not yet been brought into force), Presidential Decrees, Ministerial Regulations and Decisions, Government Regulations, Directorate Decisions and Instructions. Although official guidelines are laid down for the interpre- tation of each piece of legislation, regulation. and decision, there are still gaps and large areas of overlap which require the exercise of discretion. Secondly, the labour inspectorate is relatively small, with 240 members for the whole country which has a labour force of about 45 million, increasing at the rate of about 1.2 million each year. Of those inspectors, only about 60% are actually engaged in field work in the 27 provinces. The rest are mainly concerned with administration and advisory functions in Jakarta and other regional headquarters.

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