Jurnal Pembaharuan Hukum (Aug 2020)

LEGAL PROTECTION OF LABOR RIGHTS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC

  • Sholahuddin Al-Fatih,
  • Fachry Ahsany,
  • Ahmad Faiz Alamsyah

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26532/jph.v7i2.10975
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 2
pp. 100 – 115

Abstract

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Since the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic in Indonesia, which continues to grow and has an impact, not a few companies have gone bankrupt. Whether it's a small company, a medium-sized company or even a large corporation are affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19). This paper aims to find legal issues on labor right during Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Using the normative legal research, this paper analyzess some of regulation and legal government act to protect labor right who terminated (Pemutusan Hubungan Kerja/PHK) during Covid-19 pandemic. In the end, this paper finds that the government issued two program to solve PHK and protect labor rights, namely Pre-Works Card and Cash Incentive Program (Bantuan Langsung Tunai/BLT). It actively helps employee to create a new job and continue their daily life.

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