Legal Protection for Labour-Intensive of Cigarette Industrial Workers Against Potential Danger to Prevent Occupational Diseases

Abstract

The labour-intensive cigarette industry accounts for 91% of the total workers in the cigarette industry in East Java Province. This value is a very large portion of the entire company that absorbs workers. The novelty of this paper is the purpose of research that the existence of a legal protection particularly for labour intensive of cigarette industrial workers in Indonesia in preventing the danger of occupational disease from the point of view of the The Labour and Transmigration Office of East Java Province. So far, there are still many other disease phenomenon of occupational disease. The main key to prevent the emersion of occupational disease in Indonesia is having a legal protection among the workers which contained in the law of occupational safety and health. Occupational disease which always happened to labour intensive of cigarette industry including in list occupational disease criteria namely Chronic Construction of Lungs, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Low Back Pain. The findings of this research are expected to increase the importance of understanding of legal protection particularly for labour intensive of cigarette industrial workers to prevent the infection of occupational diseases, so it can make both a compatible Industrial Relations and a comfort at work. The examination note conducted by the Inspector Labour as a representative from the government not only as the employment development side but also as a written evidence one when happening the violation of the law of occupational safety and health in labour intensive of cigarette industry and justice in Indonesia.