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UU No. 1 Tahun 1951 tentang Pernyataan Berlakunya Undang-Undang Kerja 1948 No. 12 untuk Seluruh Indonesia

Law No. 1 of 1951 Extending the 1948 Labour Law to All Indonesia

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Text of Law No. 1 of 1951, signed by Sukarno on 6 January 1951, extending the 1948 Labour Law (No. 12) to all of Indonesia. It limits children's and youths' work and bars women from night work, mines and hazardous jobs. It grants women paid rest on the first two days of menstruation, 1.5 months before and after childbirth, and nursing breaks, and sets a 7-hour day and 40-hour week. It does not mention Gerwani.

Teks Undang-Undang No. 1 Tahun 1951, disahkan Sukarno 6 Januari 1951, yang memberlakukan Undang-Undang Kerja 1948 (No. 12) untuk seluruh Indonesia. Membatasi pekerjaan anak dan orang muda serta melarang wanita bekerja malam, di tambang dan pekerjaan berbahaya. Memberi buruh wanita istirahat pada dua hari pertama haid, 1,5 bulan sebelum dan sesudah melahirkan, serta waktu menyusui; jam kerja 7 jam sehari dan 40 jam seminggu. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“Art. 13: women workers rest on the first two days of menstruation and 1.5 months before and after childbirth, with nursing breaks (the law's women's labour provisions).”

People

SukarnoWongsonegoroSuroso

Organisations

Government of the Republic of IndonesiaIndonesian parliament (DPR)

Places

IndonesiaJakarta

Topics

labour and workerswomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

women's labour rightshealth and maternity

Details

Date
1951
Creator
Republik Indonesia
Document type
government record (government publication / speech / parliamentary record)
Language
English
Perspective
Indonesian state record (pre-1965)
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · source link
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library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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01 Primary Sources/1.3 Sukarno Speeches and Indonesian Government Publications/Republik Indonesia (1951) - Pernyataan Berlakunya Undang-Undang Kerja Tahun 1948 No. 12 untuk Seluruh Indonesia [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.926) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.3 Sukarno Speeches and Indonesian Government Publications
Summary basis
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