This is a practical checklist to help Indonesian business leaders navigate workforce and legal issues relating to the COVID-19 coronavirus situation. The checklist is not intended to be exhaustive; new choices and challenges may rapidly emerge. Above all else, business leaders must adopt a flexible approach and adapt to changes as they come.

These are still early days of the outbreak in Indonesia, one of the last countries in SE Asia to report local infection. While the government has stepped up measures to stop the spread of the novel strain, some business leaders have called on the Health Ministry to adopt a more open and transparent approach to the coronavirus situation.