Year Category: 2016

Guide to Background Checks

SSEK Legal Consultants has contributed the Indonesia chapter to the Asia Regional Guide to Background Checks, which provides an overview of legal and practical issues relating to background checks in 17 countries in the region. The publication covers a wide range of background checks, from criminal record checks to drug and alcohol testing, and identifies Guide to Background Checks

Indonesian Legal Review: Airports

This article focuses on the types of business activities that can be conducted at airports pursuant to the most recent regulations. The regulation of airports is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation (the MOT). The most recent basic regulation on airport business activities is MOT Regulation No. 69 of 2013 on the Order Indonesian Legal Review: Airports

Indonesian Legal Review: Language Law

Law No. 24 of 2009 regarding the National Flag, Language, Emblem and Anthem (July 9, 2009) (the Language Law) was very likely not one of the most visited regulations until the West Jakarta District Court rendered a groundbreaking decision in 2013 (i.e., West Jakarta District Court Decision No. 451/Pdt.G/2012/PN.Jkt.Bar (the Court Decision No. 451) that Indonesian Legal Review: Language Law

Indonesian Legal Review: E-Commerce

Many retail transactions today are conducted through websites or mobile applications – in other words, they are digitalized. Business actors in Indonesia often raise the question whether there are any Indonesian legal restrictions on digitalizing their businesses through websites or mobile applications. There is no specific Government of Indonesia (GOI) law or regulation that deals Indonesian Legal Review: E-Commerce

SSEK Kartini Day Donation

SSEK Legal Consultants collected and donated clothes, books, toys, bags and cash to the children at Yayasan Rumah Ramah Sejahtera orphanage during an event to mark Kartini Day on April 21. Kartini Day celebrates Raden Ajeng Kartini, the Indonesian heroine who championed women’s rights and education for girls. Yayasan Rumah Ramah Sejahtera houses 12 girls and 10 SSEK Kartini Day Donation

Indonesian Legal Review

SSEK Legal Consultants has released its Indonesian Legal Review to offer an overview of recent developments in the Indonesian legal sector. The Indonesian Legal Review looks at recent developments in almost 50 sectors, providing insight into Indonesian legal and regulatory developments in these sectors, from Airports to Tourism. To read the Indonesian Legal Review, you can click Indonesian Legal Review

When Employees Leave: What Employers in Asia/Pacific Need to Know about Protecting Company Rights and Confidential Information

SSEK contributed the Indonesia chapter to a new Employment Law Alliance (ELA) publication, “When Employees Leave: What Employers in Asia/Pacific Need to Know about Protecting Company Rights and Confidential Information.” The publication is based on a webinar presented by Asia-Pacific members of the ELA. It discusses the issues of non-competition and the protection of confidential When Employees Leave: What Employers in Asia/Pacific Need to Know about Protecting Company Rights and Confidential Information

Indonesian Regulatory Framework for Real Estate Investment Funds

In late 2015, the Indonesian Minister of Finance issued Regulation No. 200/PMK.03/2015 regarding Tax Treatment of Taxpayers and Taxable Entrepreneurs Using Specified Collective Investment Contract Schemes for the Enhancement of the Finance Sector (MOF Reg. 200). The stated aim of this regulation is to encourage the growth of real estate investment funding in the form Indonesian Regulatory Framework for Real Estate Investment Funds