Lubis Santosa & Maramis assist clients on all employment related litigious matters as part of its comprehensive legal services to its clients. We advise and assist clients on employment issues relating to the termination of employment, including negotiation and out of court settlement on termination of employment as well as other employment issues relating to rights and duties of employer and employee. While we always attempt to resolve employment related litigious matters through negotiation and out of court settlement, we also engage in the employment related litigious matters at the Industrial Tribunal.

Some of our engagements in the field of employment issues are as follows:

• The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN) in the dismissal of thousands of employees of a number of national banks closed in 1998;
• Arco/BP West Java Ltd. and PT Pertamina (Persero) in the tort civil lawsuit filed by the ex-employees of Arco at the South Jakarta District Court, Jakarta High Court and the Supreme Court with respect to income tax matters;
• GAP Inc., in the industrial relations disputes related to the termination of its outsoursing contracts; and
• The Washington Post, Alcon Laboratories, PT Metro Supermarket Realty, Tbk, and others on their industrial relations disputes.