Digital Economy and Law: Equipping Indonesian Migrant Workers in Border Regions

Abstract

The digital economy and usage of technology have led to a significant increase of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia. Digital platforms and digital skills from migrant workers are need more and digital skills as we transition to a digital economy. Technologies have the potential to enhance the employment opportunities, remittance payments, and labor mobility of migrant workers.  Indonesian migrant workers do not share equal access to digital economy and its benefits in Malaysia, cause of the lack of law such as legal issue complexities and regulations, social isolation, and mindset as obstacles for migrant worker to increase their chance of being a highly mobile workforce in the global economy integrations. This article examined the role of digitalization in changing the landscape of international migration and technology to facilitate labor mobility for prepared and capable, leading to increased productivity and the long term. Alternative research hypotheses applicable in various scientific disciplines were included in this research through a qualitative analysis method and a reflective case study approach. This research finds that contribution that companies' and governments played in educating and training migrant workers so they could engage more effectively in the digital economy through the implementation of appropriate policy measures. Thus, as South-East Asia's competitiveness grows, economic digitalization might pave new and creative paths toward decent treatment for migrant workers.