According to the Indonesian department of labor, the Domestic Workers Bill aims to eliminate all forms of discrimination, abuse, violence, and harassment against local employees. It will fully realise domestic workers as entitled to a respectable livelihood, ethical rights, and safety.
The bill aims to deliver education and training, balanced rights and obligations between workers and employers, reasonable working hours, one entire day off per year, 12 days of annual left, health and career plan and a minimum working age of 18 years. Additionally, it intends to punish natural assault.  ,
Nonetheless, the act lacks details on minimum income and working hours limits. Without specifying any specifics, the employer-employee agreement only specifies wage and sensible hours. Problems like unionization are also not taken into account.
Local workers who are hired straight by a family, rather than via an work organization, are not covered by the costs.  ,
The Domestic Workers Bill has made some progress, but it has been in a stalemate at different points. The act was incorporated into the National Legislation Program for 2005-2009 after being submitted by the National Domestic Workers Advocacy Network in 2004. Since then, The House has conducted studies and comparative studies in different Indonesian cities.  ,
In July 2020, the bill entered the Legislative Body ( Baleg ), and by March 2023, it was designated as one of the House’s Initiative Bills.
The House leaders received the Problem Inventory List ( DIM ) from President Joko” Jokowi” Widodo in April 2023, and five ministries were appointed to sit down with the House to discuss the bill. A typical step in the process of passing a bill to legislation is the DIM, which provides an opportunity to identify specific issues that need to be addressed in the draft legislation.  ,
However, no significant improvement has happened since next.  ,
The bill did not take over to the following word and will need to start from the planning phase for the 2024-2029 time if no agreement is reached by the end of the current congressional year.
” Holding the bill prisoner means holding 5 million private employees in Indonesia hostage”, stated JALA PRT’s Lita Anggraini.