Event Reports

On 25 March 2021, the EuroCham Technology Working Group held a speaker briefing as in preparation to the EuroCham Webinar on Personal Data Protection topic. To provide updates on the topic, the group decided to invite an external speaker to share the perspectice of the Association of Business Law Institute (ABLI) Singapore, the Indonesian E-Commerce Association (idEA) and a business player that had already established a data protection policy within the company. The actual webinar itself was carried out on 30 March 2021. For More detail: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMJ778GjyGK/

On 30 March, the 2nd series of the Policy Dialogue on Manpower Regulations was concluded. The event was hosted by the EuroCham Human Resources Working Group, and was opened by the Head of Working Group, Paramita Wijaya (Head of HR at BASF Indonesia). The event was carried out in collaboration with SSEK Legal Consultants, and invited external speakers that provided updates on the topic. During the event, Hendry Wijaya (Head of Law and Regulation Section 1, Legal Bureau - Ministry of Manpower) presented Government Regulation No. 35 of 2021 (GR 35/2021) on Definite Period Employment Agreements (PKWT), Outsourcing, Working and Resting Hours and Termination of Employment (PHK). An interative virtual discussion followed that was moderated by Stephen Igor Warokka (Partner at SSEK Legal Consultants) and gave participants a better understanding of the provisions associated with the new regulation. The discussion also provided member companies the opportunity to directly discuss the issues with the Ministry’s representative.