WLKP Report (Wajib Lapor Ketenagakerjaan): Who Files, When
The WLKP report (wajib lapor ketenagakerjaan) is the manpower return every employer in Indonesia files: who reports, the December deadline, filing online.
References (4)
- UU No. 7 Tahun 1981 on compulsory manpower reporting in companies. Articles 1, 2 and 4(2) set who reports. Article 3 states the purpose. Articles 6(1), 7(1) and 8(1) set when reports are made. Article 6(2) sets what the report contains. Article 10 makes failing to report an offence.
- Permenaker No. 18 Tahun 2017 on online manpower reporting, as amended by Permenaker No. 4 Tahun 2019. Article 3 names the online system. Article 5(3) sets the annual report in December. Article 6 makes reporting free. Article 9(3) covers the inspection after a closing report. Article 5A, inserted in 2019, makes the first report through OSS and the NIB the reporting number.
- PP No. 28 Tahun 2025 on risk-based business licensing. Article 206(5)(c) and (d) has the NIB register the business for social security and count as its first manpower report.
- PP No. 34 Tahun 2021 on the use of foreign workers. Article 12(3)(d) lists proof of the manpower report among the documents for RPTKA approval.
A WLKP report (wajib lapor ketenagakerjaan di perusahaan, the company manpower report) is a return every employer in Indonesia files with the Ministry of Manpower, whatever its headcount. The first one is made when the business obtains its NIB (Nomor Induk Berusaha, the business identification number). After that the company renews it online, free of charge, every December. Extra reports are due when the business moves, changes owner, re-opens or closes. It is one of the routine duties that come with taking on staff.
Who must file a WLKP report
Two instruments set the duty: UU 7/1981 (Undang-Undang, the Law on compulsory manpower reporting) and Permenaker 18/2017 (Peraturan Menteri Ketenagakerjaan, the Minister of Manpower’s regulation on online reporting). It falls on every employer, however few people it employs:
- Any business that employs people for a wage, private or state-owned, for profit or not (UU 7/1981, Article 1(a)).
- Each branch, separately from its head office (UU 7/1981, Article 4(2)).
- Foundations (yayasan) and other bodies that are not companies but employ people (Article 2 and its elucidation).
- A body in Indonesia that represents a business based abroad, such as a representative office, once it employs staff (Article 1(b)(3)).
When the report is due
Four moments call for a report.
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The NIB
Your NIB counts as the first report (PP 28/2025, a government regulation, Article 206(5)(d)).
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Annual report
Filed online each year (Permenaker 18/2017, Article 5(3)).
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Re-opening or moving
After re-opening or relocating, including a change of owner (UU 7/1981, Articles 1(h) and 6(1)).
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Moving or closing
Before relocating, suspending or dissolving (UU 7/1981, Article 8(1)).
When a company reports that it is relocating, suspending or dissolving, the provincial manpower office has a labour inspector check that it has met its obligations to its workers (Permenaker 18/2017, Article 9(3)). The other yearly duties of a company, from tax returns to BPJS, are gathered in our compliance checklist for businesses.
Filing the WLKP report online
The first report goes through OSS (Online Single Submission), the licensing system. Once the company’s data there is complete, the NIB it receives is also its WLKP reporting number (Permenaker 4/2019, which inserted Article 5A(1) and (2) into Permenaker 18/2017). Later reports are made online at wajiblapor.kemnaker.go.id (Article 5A(3); Permenaker 18/2017, Article 3). Reporting costs nothing (Permenaker 18/2017, Article 6).
The Law lists four headings for the report made on setting up, re-opening or moving (UU 7/1981, Article 6(2)):
- The company’s identity
- Employment relations
- Worker protection
- Employment opportunities
The NIB also registers the business with BPJS (Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial, the social security bodies) for health and employment cover (PP 28/2025, Article 206(5)(c)).
Why the WLKP report matters
It is an official data return that the Government uses to set employment policy (UU 7/1981, Article 3).
Needed to apply for a foreign-worker plan
Proof of the WLKP report is one of the documents attached when a company applies for approval of its foreign-worker plan, the RPTKA (Rencana Penggunaan Tenaga Kerja Asing) (PP 34/2021, Article 12(3)(d)). A company planning to bring in a foreign employee needs its report on file to attach.
Not reporting is an offence under the 1981 Law (UU 7/1981, Article 10).
What MAM takes care of
MAM files the WLKP report for clients whose payroll we run, and for the people we employ under our employer of record (EOR) service. Under an EOR arrangement the duty falls on the business that employs the workers (UU 7/1981, Article 1(a) and (d)), and MAM is that employer.