Problems Of Resolving Industrial Relations Disputes In Indonesia In Welcoming Asean Economic Community

Abstract

As a developing country, Indonesia continues to make efforts to improve the welfare of its people.Being a member state of and integral part to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), its growth is also exposed to great opportunities and challengesposed by the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The Authors of this article will evaluatethe problematic obstacles faced by industrial relations disputes in Indonesia in the wake of AEC. This article employs a normative legal research method in its study, which reveals several problems in industrial relations dispute settlements, namely the nomenclature of the title of the Industrial Relations Dispute Settlement Law, the narrow scope of authority of the Industrial Relations Court over manpower related issues, the dominance of the general civil procedural law, the lack of role played by trade unions and labor unions in court proceedings, and the affirmation of the implementation of the decisions of the Constitutional Court related to labor law.