Abstract
<p>Local worker is a crucial issue that challenges the capability of local government in protecting the community, particularly in developing district which the skills and education is poorly distributed. Globalization enforced penetration of non-local skilled workers (such as immigrants), and instead of having the technology transferred, it also threatened the unskilled local workers. Legal protection for local workers is highly needed to ensure the application of Pancasila’s social justice and to avoid massive unemployment in such area. The research situated in Tanah Bumbu District, South Borneo, Indonesia, which famed with its mining industry that attracted many workers, not only regionally, but also globally, to test their luck. However, not all locals taste the sweetness of the mining industry. Instead of providing new job vacancies for local workers, company tends to hire non-local workers due to their competency and ability to meet the company’s requirement. This has to be a concern of the local government, therefore this paper aimed to find the best solution in the form of local regulation to protect and empower local workers in Tanah Bumbu District, South Borneo, Indonesia.</p>
Highlights
The right to work and having a proper life are guaranteed in the 1945 Constitution of Republic Indonesia, as in Article 27 verse (2): “Every citizen shall have the right to work and to earn a humane livelihood”
Tanah Bumbu District is chosen as a research area due to its industrial status in the wetland area and the gap between the availability of the job vacancy and existing unemployment of local workers
The main purpose of Tanah Bumbu local regulation about local workers is to protect and empowering local workers to enable them to compete in the global atmosphere
Summary
The right to work and having a proper life are guaranteed in the 1945 Constitution of Republic Indonesia, as in Article 27 verse (2): “Every citizen shall have the right to work and to earn a humane livelihood”. This article holds the ground for worker policy in Indonesia. The investment atmosphere in Indonesia is relying on this policy, to create a conducive investment climate. Indonesia has enacted Law of The Republic Indonesia Number 25 of 2007 concerning Investment to regulate the investment, which the elucidation remarked that public welfare is one of the Indonesian goals that have been ordered by the constitutional mandate. The investment must become an essential part to develop country’s prosperity.
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