Working Hours in Indonesia: Overtime Calculation and Limits
Standard working hours in Indonesia are 40 a week on one of two patterns. See the overtime limits, how overtime pay is calculated and who is not paid overtime.
References (3)
- UU No. 13 Tahun 2003 on Manpower, as amended by UU No. 6 Tahun 2023 (Article 81). Article 77 sets the two working patterns and where the hours are written. Article 78 sets the consent and the overtime limit. Article 79(2)(a) sets the break after four hours of continuous work. Article 85, which was not amended, covers work on official holidays.
- PP No. 35 Tahun 2021, in force 2 February 2021. Article 1 defines overtime. Article 21 repeats the two working patterns. Article 22 sets the weekly rest days. Article 23 covers sectors with their own hours. Article 26 sets the overtime limit and defines an official holiday in its explanatory notes.
- The same regulation. Article 27 covers the positions not paid overtime. Article 28 covers the order and the consent. Article 29 covers food, drink and rest. Article 30 sets which sectors fall outside the overtime limit. Article 31 sets the multiples. Article 32 sets the hourly wage and the wage base. Article 34 covers overtime paid under another name.
Standard working hours in Indonesia are 40 a week, worked on one of two patterns: six days or five. Time beyond the daily or weekly hours is overtime. It needs the employer’s order and the employee’s consent, and, outside the exempt positions described below, it is paid at a multiple of the hourly wage. The rules sit in the Manpower Law (UU) 13/2003, as amended by the Job Creation Law (UU) 6/2023, and in Government Regulation (PP) 35/2021, in force since 2 February 2021.
Standard working hours in Indonesia
An employer applies one of two patterns (UU 13/2003, Article 77(2), as amended; PP 35/2021, Articles 21(2) and 22):
- A six-day week: 7 hours a day and 40 hours a week, with one rest day a week.
- A five-day week: 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week, with two rest days a week.
The week is 40 hours either way. How the hours are arranged in a company is written into the employment contract, the company regulations (peraturan perusahaan) or the collective agreement (UU 13/2003, Article 77(4), as amended).
After four hours of continuous work an employee gets a break of at least half an hour, and the break is not counted as working time (UU 13/2003, Article 79(2)(a), as amended). Annual leave and other paid leave have a guide of their own.
Not every employer follows the standard working hours in Indonesia. Some sectors, such as upstream oil and gas, work to hours the Minister of Manpower has set for them (PP 35/2021, Article 23(3) and its explanatory notes).
When overtime is allowed
Overtime is time worked beyond the daily and weekly hours above, and every hour worked on a weekly rest day or an official holiday (PP 35/2021, Article 1). Four rules apply:
- An order and consent. The employer orders the overtime and the employee concerned agrees, in writing or digitally (Article 28(1)). The order and the consent may take the form of a list of the employees willing to work overtime, signed by them and by the employer (Article 28(2)). The employer keeps a record of who worked overtime and for how long (Article 28(3)).
- A limit. The standard limit is 4 hours a day and 18 hours a week, not counting overtime worked on a weekly rest day or official holiday (Article 26(1) and (2)). It does not apply to sectors working to hours the Minister has set (UU 13/2003, Article 78(3); PP 35/2021, Article 30).
- Food and drink. Where overtime runs to four hours or more, the employer provides food and drink, which cannot be replaced by money (Article 29(1)(c) and (2)).
- Rest. During overtime the employer also gives the employee enough opportunity to rest (Article 29(1)(b)).
The rules on working hours in Indonesia were amended on this point. The law as first enacted set the limit at 3 hours a day and 14 a week; it is now 4 and 18 (UU 13/2003, Article 78(1)(b), as amended).
How overtime pay is calculated
Overtime pay (upah lembur) is worked out on the monthly wage (PP 35/2021, Article 32(1)). One hour’s wage is 1/173 of the monthly wage, the same on both patterns (Article 32(2)).
Where pay is basic wage plus fixed allowances, overtime is worked out on all of it (Article 32(3)). If non-fixed allowances are also paid, and basic wage plus fixed allowances comes to less than 75% of the whole wage, overtime is worked out on 75% of the whole wage (Article 32(4)). Our guide to which allowances are fixed and which are not covers the difference.
A company that already pays overtime under another name may keep doing so where the value equals or beats the statutory calculation (Article 34(1)). How it is paid is set out in the employment contract, company regulations or collective agreement (Article 34(3)).
On a working day
The first hour of overtime is paid at 1.5 times the hourly wage, and each hour after it at twice the hourly wage (Article 31(1)). Take an employee on a monthly wage of IDR 8,650,000, made up of basic wage and fixed allowances only, so one hour is IDR 50,000. They stay three hours late on a weekday evening.
| Description | IDR |
|---|---|
| First hour 1 hour × 1.5 × 50,000 | 75,000 |
| Second and third hours 2 hours × 2 × 50,000 | 200,000 |
| Overtime pay for the evening | 275,000 |
On a weekly rest day or official holiday
On a weekly rest day or an official holiday every hour worked is overtime from the first, and the rate rises as the day gets longer (PP 35/2021, Articles 1 and 31(2) and (3)). An official holiday is a national holiday, a day declared a holiday nationally, or a holiday set by a regional government (explanatory notes to Article 26(2)).
Nobody is obliged to work an official holiday. An employer may ask an employee to work one where the work has to run continuously, or otherwise by agreement, and overtime pay is then owed (UU 13/2003, Article 85(1) to (3)).
| 2 times | 3 times | 4 times | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-day week | Hours 1 to 8 | Hour 9 | Hours 10 to 12 |
| Six-day week | Hours 1 to 7 | Hour 8 | Hours 9 to 11 |
| Short day | Hours 1 to 5 | Hour 6 | Hours 7 to 9 |
The short-day row applies only on a six-day week, where an official holiday falls on the shortest working day (Article 31(2)(b)). Our calendar of national holidays and collective leave lists the dates.
Who is not paid overtime
The duty to pay overtime does not apply to employees in a certain category of positions (PP 35/2021, Article 27(2)). These are people responsible for thinking, planning, implementing or controlling the running of the company, whose working time cannot be limited and who receive a higher wage (Article 27(3)).
It has to be written down
The category must be set out in the employment contract, company regulations or collective agreement. Where it is not, overtime pay is owed (PP 35/2021, Article 27(4) and (5)).
Written on 13 October 2026
This article states the law in force on 13 October 2026. A new manpower law has been passed by parliament, according to press reports. On 14 October 2026 we found no sign that it was in force; our guide to employment law in Indonesia says where it stands. We will revise this article when it takes effect.
What this means for you
Write the working pattern into the employment contract, the company regulations or the collective agreement. If a category of positions is not paid overtime, write that down too. Our payroll team processes each month’s overtime in the payroll run, as agreed with you. Our HR consulting team writes the overtime arrangements, and any category of positions not paid overtime, into the employment agreements and company regulations it drafts.