Legal Protection for Company Employees Who Are Under Self-Isolation Caused by Covid-19 Infection in Indonesia

This study aimed at analyzing regulations concerning legal protection for employees who are under self-isolation caused by Covid-19 infection. Moreover, there is the latest regulation concerning Protection and Business Continuity of Workers/Manpower related to prevention and control of Covid19 Pandemic. This is a juridical-normative study with a statutory approach. The finding of this study showed that the legal protection scheme on the employees under self-isolation in a company affected by Covid-19 has been regulated in some Government Regulations. Therefore, principally the business owner should give wages fully to the employees as well as providing sick leave base on the established regulations. Sick leave could not reduce the annual leave right or cut off the wages since this absence is caused by obligatory self-isolation, which may raise a right dispute between the employee and company. However, based on Regulation of Minister of Employment No 2 of 2021 concerning Wages Implementation in Certain Labor-Intensive Industries in Covid-19 Pandemic situation, for certain laborintensive industries companies which are affected by Covid-19, in maintaining the continuity employees’ job and maintaining the business in certain labor-intensive industries as long as national economic recovery in Covid-19 Pandemic situation, could adjust the wages and the way of payment for the employees which is conducted based on an agreement between employer and employees.