Author(s)

Adnan Hamid¹, Adila Meytiara Intan²

¹Faculty of Law, Universitas Pancasila, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia.
²Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Hukum Adhyaksa, Jakarta Timur, Indonesia.

This study aims to present an overview of the implications of automation and digitalization, on the employment sector and its relation to labor law in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. This research method uses normative juridical, legal research methods on secondary data using literature studies. The results of the study show that the industrial revolution 4.0 gave rise to the contemporary issues on employment, legal protection for workers, and the role of labor law. However, labor law is not in a vacuum in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. This scientific contribution concludes that labor law as an employment law is expected to be adaptive to the development of advanced technology which has implications for job transformation, job profiles, and changes in the form of work. Therefore, this study is of interest to the government and the legislature and other stakeholders in order to interpret and respond to the impact of the 4.0 industrial revolution, the influence of information and communication technology on government policies, laws, and regulations. This must be done through review, harmonization and strengthening of labor law in order to provide legal protection for workers/laborers and increase the role of national labor law based on the philosophy of Pancasila as the nation’s view of life and the 1945 Constitution as the constitution of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Employment Sector, Labor Law, The Era 4.0 of Industrial Revolution, Pancasila, The 1945 Constitution, The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia

Hamid, A. and Intan, A. (2023) Labor Law Does Not Exist in a Vacuum in the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0. Beijing Law Review, 14, 1-27. doi: 10.4236/blr.2023.141001.