Legal Protection of Worker Welfare Concerning Part-Time Contract

. Part-time workers often have limited career development and receive relatively low wage increase which negatively affect their welfare and fairness at work. Part-time workers often feel insecure, discomfort and their career development path are unclear. Their normative rights are often neglected. This normative legal research was administered to obtain necessary data regarding the problem. Secondary data consisting of primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, and tertiary legal materials were analysed. In addition, primary data were also used to complement the secondary data. A qualitative juridical analysis was performed in data analysis which results showed that the work contract within certain specified time in Indonesia is a direct legal cooperation relationship between the employee and employers. Part-time work system can be applied to some jobs which tasks can be completed within a certain period of time, can be completed in one go or tasks that are temporary or seasonal. Meanwhile, jobs related to new products, new activities, or additional products are still being evaluated. The ideal concept part-time work agreement provides legal protection to support workers ‘welfare.