Legal Protection of Mining Workers from The Perspective of Mining and Labor Law

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10.2991/iceml-18.2018.66How to use a DOI?

Keywords

legal protection, manpower, mining.

Abstract

In Law No. 4 of 2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining, where one of the goals of the Law No. 4 Year 2009 is to increase the income of local communities, regions, and countries, and create jobs for the greatest welfare of the people. The regulation then the mining activities will absorb the workforce of the mining area community, this brings a positive impact for the community of mineral and coal mining areas, because it is able to raise the standard of living of mining and mineral mining areas. However, the mining community in general is a community that comes from rural areas whose quality of education is still lacking. Lack of education and lack of understanding of the workforce of the mining area poses a threat to mineral and coal mining workers. Mining activity is one of the land of money producers and workers who can be categorized as dangerous. The hazardous work Brings anxiety and questions by miners and coal miners about "what legal rights and protections they must have to ensure safety while working and for the welfare of life". There have been rules governing mineral and coal mining activities, namely Law No. 4 of 2009 on mineral and coal mining. Rules on the protection of workers are also generally regulated in Law No. 13 Year 2003 on Manpower. Employment protection of mineral and coal mining by mining license holders and how to create community welfare around mineral and coal mining areas. Workers who work in the management of mineral and coal mining are valuable assets owned by holders of Mining and Coal Mining Business Licenses (companies). To be able to produce a good mining product, the holder of Mining and Mineral Mining Business License must provide comfort for workers through protection. Protection granted by holders of Mining and Coal Mining Business Licenses, namely: social protection or health protection; technical protection or safety protection; and economic protection or social security. Management of natural resources in Indonesia is managed to develop human resources in Indonesia and improve the country's economy, as well as for the welfare of the people of Indonesia. With the existence of education for the community of mineral and coal mining area, this will increase the involvement of the community in the implementation of mineral and coal mining management and improve the ability owned by the workforce, to prevent the occurrence of work accidents, and is one way to improve the standard of living or prospering the community of mining areas of mineral and coal.

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