The Absolute Competence of the Industrial Relations Court in Resolving Employment Termination Disputes

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Ivan Ndun
Yohanes G. Tuba Helan
Umbu Lily Pekuwali

Abstract

Employment relations are subject to contracts agreed upon by employers and employees. Law Number 13 of 2003 clearly defined that employment relations as an agreement between an employer and their employees. The jurisdictional scope or competence of the Industrial Relations Court is further elaborated in Section 56 Law Number 2 of 2004. However, Section 56 Number Law 2 of 2004 has spurred further debate regarding the proper competence of the Industrial Relations Court, because, under this law, the Court has issued ineffective and inefficient court decisions. This research analyzed and criticized the competence of the Industrial Relations Court in presiding over the termination of employment contracts.  In analyzing this problem, this paper deploys the theory of competence, theories of justice and the rule of law, subjective justice, the competence of the Industrial Relations Court according to existing laws, and expert views on the contribution of existing literature towards the competence of the Industrial Relations Court. This research emphasized that an excess of laws governs the termination of employment contracts, which supposedly lies under the competence of the Industrial Relations Court. Hence, to protect the rights of employees in the context of industrial relations, a judicial review of Law Number 2 of 2004 on Manpower is required.

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Ndun, I., Helan, Y. G. T., & Pekuwali, U. L. (2020). The Absolute Competence of the Industrial Relations Court in Resolving Employment Termination Disputes. Journal of Indonesian Legal Studies, 5(1), 29-52. https://doi.org/10.15294/jils.v5i1.33159
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Author Biographies

Ivan Ndun, Faculty of Law, Univertas Nusa Cendana

Ivan Ndun is Lecturer at Faculty of Law, Universitas Nusa Cendana, Kupang, Indonesia. His research interest on Private Law especially on Labor and Employment issues, as well as Labor Contract issue. He also involved on some projects concerning to Labor and Human Rights. Besides as Lecturer, He working as researcher on Labor and Justice Studies Center.

Yohanes G. Tuba Helan, Faculty of Law, Universitas Nusa Cendana

Yohanes G. Tuba Helan is Lecturer at Faculty of Law Universitas Nusa Cendana, Kupang, Indonesia. Her focus interests on labor issue in the context of administrative and private law. She involved on some research projects concerning to examination of industrial relations court in Indonesia.

Umbu Lily Pekuwali, Faculty of Law, Universitas Nusa Cendana

Umbu Lily Pekuwali is Lecturer at Faculty of Law Universitas Nusa Cendana, Kupang, Indonesia. He also working as Director of Research and Community Services Unit on Universitas Nusa Cendana. His research interest on labor and employment law issues.

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