Praktik Penempatan Mahasiswa Jurusan Teknik Mesin Fakultas Teknik Universitas Riau Di Dalam Pelaksanaan Kerja Praktik

Abstract

Practical Work is mostly done by the final students as their graduation requirements which are
required by the university, as well as students of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Universitas
Riau. Law No. 44 of 2015 concerning the Delivery of Work Accident Guarantees and Death Assurance has
obliged that each Practical Worker participant must receive work safety guarantees from the company, but
in reality students often do not get the rights they should get.
This legal writing aims to find out the implementation of practical work programs in legal
protection, guarantee of their rights by law, protection of their work safety, and the obstacles experienced
by participants of the Practical Work (students, companies, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Universitas Riau) in implementing practical work, as well as the solutions to overcome the obstacles.
The writing of this study used a juridical empirical approach to see the identification and
effectiveness of law in reality through attitudes, actions and opinions in real terms, by conducting direct
research in the field regarding the implementation of the placement of practical work participants in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Riau. While the population and sample were all parties
related to the problems examined in this study. The data sources used were primary, secondary, and tertiary
data. Data collection techniques in this study were carried out by observation, interviews and literature
reviews.
From the research findings on the problem, there are two main things that can be concluded. First,
legal protection for Practical Work students at Universitas Riau based on Law Number 44 of 2015
concerning the Delivery of Work Accidents and Death Collateral was not fulfilled by the companies where
they carried out the Practical Work. Second, the agreement process of several parties carried out by the
company (PT. PLN Pekanbaru Generation Sector) for participants of the practical work at Universitas
Riau's Mechanical Engineering Department is contrary to the applicable law, making this agreement null
and void. Some recommendations from the author, first, the government should pay more attention to the
legal protection of the rights of participants in practical work and more closely monitor the practical work
implementations as well as make good standard procedures. The government should also provide
information to companies and universities that carry out practical work. Secondly, agreements in practical
work need to be mandatory and legal rules that regulate like the agreement on "apprentice" participants
should be formulated to ensure the rights and more balanced positions of participants in practical work. The
contents of the agreement must fulfill and guarantee the rights of participants in practical work, this is
because their position in this agreement is very weak.