Analisis Hukum dari Akuisisi Menggunakan Metode Leveraged Buyout: Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Pekerja Perusahaan Target

Abstract

The acquisition of a company is one of the strategies in the world of economics, one form of company acquisition is leveraged buy out (LBO). the phenomenon of layoffs in this acquisition, it is important for workers to understand the rights they have when they are victims of dismissal. knowledge of the rights of workers affected by layoffs due to acquisitions. in the event that the company makes an acquisition, it is very clear that in principle the employment relationship between employers and employees continues until the end of the employment relationship without being affected by mergers and acquisitions. The protection of workers' rights in companies that make acquisitions using the leveraged buy-out method is still neglected and workers do not get legal certainty during the acquisition. The problems discussed are how the scope of the acquisition of companies and leveraged buyout, how the determining aspects in the acquisition of leveraged buyout and its impact on the target company, and how the legal protection of company workers whose companies are acquired using the leveraged buyout method. The research method used is the normative juridical method which is carried out by reviewing and analyzing materials or literature such as laws and regulations, views of experts, and legal doctrine. Based on the results of research on Article 61 paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Entrepreneur Law or the transfer of rights to the company due to sale, inheritance, or grant “. In connection with the legal protection of workers' rights in the event that the company conducts a corporate action acquisition, it is very clear that basically the employment relationship between employers and employees continues until the end of the employment relationship without being affected by the merger and acquisition.