Client: The “Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Supply Chains” (RISSC) project, International Labour Organization (ILO)

This study aims to analyze decent work and responsible business behavior in the electronics industry in Indonesia based on the ILO framework. The electronics industry is a priority sector for the Indonesian government because it has great potential to encourage economic growth and create jobs. Therefore, it is important to ensure that the industry practices decent work and responsible business behavior. However, there are still several challenges related to decent work in this industry, such as the increase in non-standard work contracts, long and irregular working hours, the increasing trend of automation which is replacing workers' roles, and discrimination against female workers. Therefore, it is important to increase decent work in the Indonesian electronics industry.

This study will update and expand on prior situational analyses of the electronics manufacturing sector in Indonesia and its supply chain (including the 2019 ILO Working Paper on the Electronics Industry in Indonesia), to increase our understanding of the decent work challenges and opportunities along the supply chain.

By addressing these challenges, the electronics industry in Indonesia has a unique opportunity to strengthen its leading position both in the region and in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and generate new opportunities for the Government, employers and workers in the future.

Accordingly, the study has 4 key objectives:

1. To provide an updated and improved situational analysis of the electronics sector* in Indonesia work and responsible business conduct
2. To identify and assess the key trends that are affecting the decent work and responsible business landscape in the sector (both now and in the coming decade), including global megatrends and future of work challenges , recent supply chain disruptions and emerging governance trends (including human rights due diligence and responsible business conduct requirements).
3. To identify and assess the gaps and barriers within the sector which undermine decent work and responsible business practices, which may include the following:

• • Social dialogue and industrial relations
  • Skills (incl. skills gaps and shortages, skills transition and upgrading, access to skills)
  •  Occupational Safety and Health
  • Informality, insecurity, and non-standard forms of employment (incl. labour outsourcing)
  • Forced labour and child labour
  • Equality, inclusion and non-discrimination
  • Other current and emerging issues, such as the decent work impacts of technological change, automation and digitalization, and the just transition to environmental sustainability (including the labour dimensions of e-waste).

4. Identify practical stakeholder-specific recommendations to advance decent work and enhance responsible business practices in line with international standards (ILO core conventions and other relevant UN international standards). This should also include specific -and realistic- opportunities or entry points for the ILO in supporting the sector to improve/expand Decent Work and responsible business practices.