Analysis of Government Policies in Treating Work Termination Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the countries that has had a significant impact in various fields due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, the government issued a policy to tackle the chain of the spread of this virus with social distancing. However, this impacts the spread of work termination carried out by several companies because of experiencing losses in various sectors. This reason is controversial and is considered to deviate from Article 164 Verse (3) of Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower. This study aims to analyze government policies to tackle this extensive impact phenomenon. The research method used in this research is descriptive analysis with a deductive pattern. From this research, the results show that the government is seriously implementing policies to overcome the impact of work terminations with various strategic policies, namely the pre-employment program, the intensive provision of work termination victims through BP Jamsostek, and the procurement of debt securities (Recovery Bond). However, there are still shortcomings in various sectors.