Legal Protection for Contract Workers Post Changes to Labor Laws

Abstract

An employment relationship is a relationship that occurs between workers/laborers and employers who bind themselves through an employment agreement. An employment agreement is the basis for an employment relationship, whether it is carried out for a certain period or an indefinite period. There has been a change in the Law regarding limiting the period of implementation of a contract work agreement, so that it causes injustice to workers. It is feared that the change in regulation will provide the status of lifelong contract workers/laborers. The methodology used in this study is normative legal research, using a statutory approach and a conceptual approach. The purpose of this study is to see the difference in legal protection for contract workers before and after the change in the Manpower Law. After seeing the difference in legal protection for contract workers. The results of the study indicate that changes in the unlimited work period of contract workers provide legal protection for the normative rights of contract workers that are not good, so it is necessary to conduct a material test at the Constitutional Court as a form of repressive legal protection for all levels of society, especially contract workers. How to cite item: Soba, Giovani Marco Tarani, Sunarjo, and Ariyanti. “Legal Protection for Contract Workers Post Changes to Labor Laws.” Jurnal Cakrawala Hukum 14 no. 3 (2023):265-278. DOI: 10.26905/idjch.v14i3.11216.

Keywords

• employment agreement
• contract worker
• worker’s rights.