LEGAL PROTECTION FOR WORKERS CASE STUDY OF THE MATCH FACTORY OWNED BY PT. KIAT UNGGUL IN BINJAI

Abstract

In Article 86 of Law no. 13/2003 concerning Manpower states that every worker / laborer has the right to obtain protection for occupational safety and health, morals and treatment that is in accordance with human dignity and religious values. In reality, the application of legal protection to workers and social security has not been fully implemented or is still low. The formulation of the problem in the research is how the implementation of safety and health legal protection for workers in the match factory owned by PT. Kiat Unggul in Binjai The method in this research is juridical normative with secondary data collection and the data obtained were analyzed qualitatively. Based on the research results indicate that the violations committed by the match factory owned by PT. Kiat Unggul causes the death of its workers. The heirs of the victims have been given accident compensation provided by the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos), the District Government (Pemkab) Langkat, and the Social Security Administration (BPJS). Forms of compensation include the Secretary of the Directorate General of Poor Parking Management, Nurul Farijati and the Regent of Langkat Issued a PA Plan, amounting to IDR 525 million, of which IDR 450 million comes from the Ministry of Social Affairs and IDR 75 million from the Langkat Regency Government. The compensation given by BPJS TK is Rp. 150.4 million to the dead victims who were registered in the BPJS.