About 27 provinces are ready to comply with the Manpower Ministerial Circular on minimum wages in 2021. Good news for employers, but not for workers. People’s purchasing power may get even worse.

As of Thursday (10/29), Indonesia’s COVID-19 tally in the last 24 hours went up by 3,565 to 404,048 cases.

The government will open data on the Job Creation Law and its derivative regulations. The derivative regulations of the law increased to 42 from the initial plan of 35 regulations and will be issued in 2021.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) can now take over corruption investigations from the police and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and resolve stalled corruption cases.

The total production of illegal oil mining reaches 10,000 barrels per day. The Upstream Oil and Gas Special Regulatory Task Force (SKK Migas) will create a legal umbrella so that the practice is no longer against the law.

On Tuesday (10/27), the COVID-19 positive cases in Indonesia in the last 24 hours increased by 3,250 to a total of 396,454 cases.

The government has decided not to raise the minimum wage in 2021. There was even a discourse that wages would decrease in accordance with economic conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Several regions anticipate arrival increases on the upcoming long holiday at the end of October. It may increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

As of Monday (10/26), Indonesia’s COVID-19 tally in the last 24 hours went up by 3,222 to 392,934 cases.

President Joko Widodo ordered ministers to deal with public communication problems regarding vaccinations. There is a change in the timeline, conveyed to the public slowly.