Jakarta, Sept. 2 -- Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto will soon launch the National Labor Welfare Council (DKBN), a new government body aimed at improving worker welfare and preventing layoffs, labor leaders said Monday after a meeting at the Presidential Palace.

Andi Gani Nena Wea, head of the All-Indonesian Workers Union Confederation (KSPSI), said the DKBN will set up a special task force focused on stopping mass layoffs.

"We're waiting for the President to announce it. This council will create a layoff prevention task force," Wea said after the meeting.

Prabowo approved the plan to create the DKBN and the Layoff Task Force (Satgas PHK) during the May Day event in Jakarta on May 1, 2025.

Wea added that six labor representative...