The Enactment of the Job Creation Law is President Jokowi’s Positive Effort to Realize Economic Reform
By: Adam Akbar )*
The enactment of the Job Creation Law (UU Cipta Kerja) in 2020 is one of President Jokowi’s major initiatives in Indonesia’s economic reform. This law not only summarizes various regulations spread across many previous laws, but also serves as a foundation for creating a more conducive investment climate and supporting sustainable economic growth. One of the main achievements of the Job Creation Law initiated by President Jokowi is the integration and simplification of regulations that were previously spread across various laws. By using the Omnibus Law approach, this law unites 76 different regulations into one legal entity. I
ts main goal is to reduce bureaucratic complexity and simplify the business licensing process. This is expected to reduce the administrative burden on business actors, especially for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), as well as increase the efficiency of the investment process. The Job Creation Law is designed to provide a significant boost to the investment climate in this country by addressing various obstacles that have so far disrupted the smooth running of business and investment. One of the important steps taken by the government to ensure the smooth implementation of the Job Creation Law is to issue an Implementing Regulation that explains in detail the various norms and rules regulated in the law. Trisasongko Widianto, Director General of Construction Development of the Ministry of PUPR, explained that this Implementing Regulation is intended to ensure that all provisions in the Job Creation Law can be implemented effectively. This Implementing Regulation provides more complete details regarding the various norms and rules in the Job Creation Law. This is important to ensure that the operational implementation of the provisions that have been set can run well and according to expectations. With the launch of the Job Creation Law and its implementing regulations, the main objective is to carry out structural reforms that can accelerate economic transformation in Indonesia. This reform is expected to facilitate the business process and attract more investment by simplifying and harmonizing regulations and licensing processes.
This effort is expected to avoid various deviations in the licensing process, provide clear legal certainty, and offer convenience for business actors. The structural reforms carried out by the Job Creation Law cover several important aspects. First, the provision of more and quality jobs is one of the main priorities. Second, this law makes it easier for the community, especially micro and small business actors, to start new businesses with a simpler and faster licensing process. Among them are the simplification of the licensing process, reduction of bureaucracy, and ease in establishing a business entity. Third,Prevention and eradication of corruption are an integral part of this reform, aiming to create a more transparent and fair business environment. This reform provides a significant boost for business actors, by providing a more accessible platform for starting and managing a business. In addition, this law also regulates environmental protection better, ensuring that business activities continue to meet important environmental standards without burdening business actors with unnecessary regulations.
Trisasongko Widianto emphasized that the Job Creation Law is expected to not only have a positive impact on a macro scale, but also provide significant benefits to the construction services sector. Ease of business licensing, strengthening the role of the community in the construction services sector, and innovation in business processes are expected to increase the efficiency and quality of the construction sector, which is an important component in infrastructure development in Indonesia. This is expected to help spur more dynamic and sustainable economic growth. With the ratification of the Job Creation Law, it also aims to increase legal certainty in doing business. Legal certainty is one of the key factors that can attract investors, both domestic and international. With clear regulations and a more transparent licensing system, it is hoped that there will be an increase in investor confidence to invest in Indonesia. This legal certainty is not only important to attract new investment, but also to ensure the sustainability of existing investment.
Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives Commission V, Sudewo, also emphasized the urgency of the Job Creation Law in terms of licensing management. According to Sudewo, one of the main objectives of this law is to improve the integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of licensing management. The effectiveness of the implementation of this Implementing Regulation requires collaboration and active roles from all related parties. This includes the Central Government and Regional Governments, both at the provincial and district/city levels. Sudewo added that solid collaboration and active roles from all parties are very important to ensure that all provisions in the Job Creation Law can be implemented properly and provide maximum benefits for the Indonesian community and economy as a whole.
With these steps, it is hoped that the Job Creation Law and its implementing regulations can bring about significant positive changes. If implemented properly, the Job Creation Law can be a driver for Indonesia’s economic development, increase investment attractiveness, and create more jobs, thus supporting comprehensive and sustainable economic development. )*by providing a more accessible platform for starting and managing a business. In addition, this law also better regulates environmental protection, ensuring that business activities continue to meet important environmental standards without burdening business actors with unnecessary regulations. Trisasongko Widianto emphasized that the Job Creation Law is expected to not only have a positive impact on a macro scale, but also provide significant benefits to the construction services sector. Ease of business licensing, strengthening the role of the community in the construction services sector, and innovation in business processes are expected to increase the efficiency and quality of the construction sector, which is an important component in infrastructure development in Indonesia. This is expected to help spur more dynamic and sustainable economic growth.
With the ratification of the Job Creation Law, it also aims to increase legal certainty in doing business. Legal certainty is one of the key factors that can attract investors, both domestic and international. With clear regulations and a more transparent licensing system, it is hoped that there will be an increase in investor confidence to invest in Indonesia. This legal certainty is not only important for attracting new investment, but also for ensuring the sustainability of existing investment. Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives Commission V, Sudewo, also emphasized the urgency of the Job Creation Law in terms of licensing management. According to Sudewo, one of the main objectives of this law is to improve the integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of licensing management. The effectiveness of the implementation of this Implementing Regulation requires collaboration and active roles from all related parties. This includes the Central Government and Regional Governments, both at the provincial and district/city levels.
Sudewo added that solid collaboration and active roles from all parties are very important to ensure that all provisions in the Job Creation Law can be implemented properly and provide maximum benefits for the Indonesian community and economy as a whole. With these steps, it is hoped that the Job Creation Law and its implementing regulations can bring about significant positive changes. If implemented properly, the Job Creation Law can be a driver for Indonesia’s economic development, increase investment attractiveness, and create more jobs, thus supporting comprehensive and sustainable economic development. )*by providing a more accessible platform for starting and managing a business. In addition, this law also better regulates environmental protection, ensuring that business activities continue to meet important environmental standards without burdening business actors with unnecessary regulations.
Trisasongko Widianto emphasized that the Job Creation Law is expected to not only have a positive impact on a macro scale, but also provide significant benefits to the construction services sector. Ease of business licensing, strengthening the role of the community in the construction services sector, and innovation in business processes are expected to increase the efficiency and quality of the construction sector, which is an important component in infrastructure development in Indonesia. This is expected to help spur more dynamic and sustainable economic growth. With the ratification of the Job Creation Law, it also aims to increase legal certainty in doing business. Legal certainty is one of the key factors that can attract investors, both domestic and international. With clear regulations and a more transparent licensing system, it is hoped that there will be an increase in investor confidence to invest in Indonesia.
This legal certainty is not only important for attracting new investment, but also for ensuring the sustainability of existing investment. Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives Commission V, Sudewo, also emphasized the urgency of the Job Creation Law in terms of licensing management. According to Sudewo, one of the main objectives of this law is to improve the integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of licensing management. The effectiveness of the implementation of this Implementing Regulation requires collaboration and active roles from all related parties. This includes the Central Government and Regional Governments, both at the provincial and district/city levels. Sudewo added that solid collaboration and active roles from all parties are very important to ensure that all provisions in the Job Creation Law can be implemented properly and provide maximum benefits for the Indonesian community and economy as a whole. With these steps, it is hoped that the Job Creation Law and its implementing regulations can bring about significant positive changes.
If implemented properly, the Job Creation Law can be a driver for Indonesia’s economic development, increase investment attractiveness, and create more jobs, thus supporting comprehensive and sustainable economic development. )*strengthening the role of the community in the construction services sector, and innovation in business processes are expected to improve the efficiency and quality of the construction sector, which is an important component in infrastructure development in Indonesia. This is expected to help spur more dynamic and sustainable economic growth. With the ratification of the Job Creation Law, it also aims to increase legal certainty in doing business. Legal certainty is one of the key factors that can attract investors, both domestic and international. With clear regulations and a more transparent licensing system, it is hoped that there will be an increase in investor confidence to invest in Indonesia. This legal certainty is not only important to attract new investment, but also to ensure the sustainability of existing investment.
Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives Commission V, Sudewo, also emphasized the urgency of the Job Creation Law in terms of licensing management. According to Sudewo, one of the main objectives of this law is to improve the integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of licensing management. The effectiveness of the implementation of this Implementing Regulation requires collaboration and active roles from all related parties. This includes the Central Government and Regional Governments, both at the provincial and district/city levels. Sudewo added that solid collaboration and active participation from all parties are very important to ensure that all provisions in the Job Creation Law can be implemented properly and provide maximum benefits for the people and the Indonesian economy as a whole. With these steps, it is hoped that the Job Creation Law and its implementing regulations can bring about significant positive changes. If implemented properly, the Job Creation Law can be a driver for Indonesia’s economic development, increase investment attractiveness, and create more jobs, thus supporting comprehensive and sustainable economic development.
Strengthening the role of the community in the construction services sector, and innovation in business processes are expected to improve the efficiency and quality of the construction sector, which is an important component in infrastructure development in Indonesia. This is expected to help spur more dynamic and sustainable economic growth. With the ratification of the Job Creation Law, it also aims to increase legal certainty in doing business. Legal certainty is one of the key factors that can attract investors, both domestic and international. With clear regulations and a more transparent licensing system, it is hoped that there will be an increase in investor confidence to invest in Indonesia. This legal certainty is not only important to attract new investment, but also to ensure the sustainability of existing investment. Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives Commission V, Sudewo, also emphasized the urgency of the Job Creation Law in terms of licensing management. According to Sudewo, one of the main objectives of this law is to improve the integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of licensing management. The effectiveness of the implementation of this Implementing Regulation requires collaboration and active roles from all related parties.
This includes the Central Government and Regional Governments, both at the provincial and district/city levels. Sudewo added that solid collaboration and active participation from all parties are very important to ensure that all provisions in the Job Creation Law can be implemented properly and provide maximum benefits for the people and the Indonesian economy as a whole. With these steps, it is hoped that the Job Creation Law and its implementing regulations can bring about significant positive changes. If implemented properly, the Job Creation Law can be a driver for Indonesia’s economic development, increase investment attractiveness, and create more jobs, thus supporting comprehensive and sustainable economic development. )*One of the main objectives of this law is to improve the integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of licensing management.
The effectiveness of the implementation of this Implementing Regulation requires collaboration and active participation from all related parties. This includes the Central Government and Regional Governments, both at the provincial and district/city levels. Sudewo added that solid collaboration and active participation from all parties are very important to ensure that all provisions in the Job Creation Law can be implemented properly and provide maximum benefits for the Indonesian people and economy as a whole. With these steps, it is hoped that the Job Creation Law and its implementing regulations can bring about significant positive changes. If implemented properly, the Job Creation Law can be a driver for Indonesia’s economic development, increase investment attractiveness, and create more jobs, thus supporting comprehensive and sustainable economic development. )*One of the main objectives of this law is to improve the integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of licensing management.
The effectiveness of the implementation of this Implementing Regulation requires collaboration and active participation from all related parties. This includes the Central Government and Regional Governments, both at the provincial and district/city levels. Sudewo added that solid collaboration and active participation from all parties are very important to ensure that all provisions in the Job Creation Law can be implemented properly and provide maximum benefits for the Indonesian people and economy as a whole. With these steps, it is hoped that the Job Creation Law and its implementing regulations can bring about significant positive changes. If implemented properly, the Job Creation Law can be a driver for Indonesia’s economic development, increase investment attractiveness, and create more jobs, thus supporting comprehensive and sustainable economic development.
)*Open University Management Student
