Abstract:
In the field of International Relations as a socio-politic science of study, there
also be found the termination of Industrial Relations. The Industrial Relations
describe the symbiosis relationship upon employment practices among the actors;
employer and employee. The bridge amongst fluid coincides with those actor
developments, in a high dependency to the society as the influential stakeholder.
Employee as one of the actor in the Industrial Relations could define as
associate, workforce, worker, etc nevertheless globally communicated as labour.
Labour issue is not taboo anymore in Indonesia. In the past few years, the society in
Indonesia brought the labour issue up to the government either by protest or
demonstration because of their disenchantment. In the matter of the disenchantment,
the labour issue and its problem in Indonesia not regardless with the policies which
created by the government. The second actor in the employment practices is employer
which in Industrial Relations termination could be concluded as Multinational
Corporation. In regards in the research the case study being used is JW Marriott
Jakarta as an MNC which operated in Indonesia. In which JW Marriott Jakarta known
as one of the leading hospitality company in Indonesia and has approximately 600
associates who work in the property.
In this regards, the Indonesia's policies on the field of labour issue shall be
examined on how it is implemented in JW Marriott Jakarta employment practices.
The relevancy being questioned is whether the employment practices of JW Marriott
Jakarta conducted based on the Indonesia's labour policies as the host country or it
somehow refers to the home country and International Labour Law.
