Sejak masuknya pandemi COVID-19 di Indonesia pada awal Maret 2020, perekonomian di Indonesia mengalami pertumbuhan negatif. Pertumbuhan negatif perekonomian berdampak pada pemutusan hubungan kerja (PHK) secara massal di banyak perusahaan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis pemutusan hubungan kerja (PHK) secara massal di tengah pandemi COVID-19 yang ditinjau berdasarkan perspektif Undang-Undang Ketenagakerjaan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode hukum normatif dengan mengutamakan data sekunder. Hasil Penelitian ini menunjukkan, pemutusan hubungan kerja yang dilakukan oleh banyak perusahaan memberikan dampak negatif bagi para pekerja. Terlebih dalam Pasal 151 ayat 1 Undang-Undang Nomor 13 Tahun 2003 tentang Ketenagakerjaan telah menegaskan bahwa pengusaha, buruh/pekerja, pemerintah dengan segala upaya harus mengusahakan agar jangan terjadi pemutusan hubungan kerja. Sehingga berdasarkan penelitian ini menunjukkan, pemutusan hubungan kerja ditengah pandemi COVID-19 bukanlah win-win solution.

Character education is the primary weapon to form good quality students. However, the digital era's entry does not always have a positive impact, especially for students in Indonesia. The growth of individualistic attitudes, bullying behavior, lack of manners, and so on positively impact creating ethical and moral young generations. This is an urgency that must be addressed wisely in education to form a new character education model for students in Indonesia. Internalization of local-Bugis cultural values ​​is an urgency that must apply in the world of character education in Indonesia. The research method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method using secondary data and a case study approach to the adverse effects of the digital era for students in Indonesia. This study's results indicate that the local value of Bugis, which is reflected through Sipakatau, Sipakalebbi, and Sipakainge, will positively impact the character development of students in Indonesia. So that in the end, based on these local Bugis values, it is hoped that students will be able to improve ethics and other behaviors for the better.

This paper aim to examine issues regarding Komisi Yudisial (KY) as an independent commission with limited authorities over judicial branch. As the Constitutional Court decision, this Commission’s authority in selecting first-level court judges was eliminated. The consequences is that in 2019, from 130 sanctions recommended by KY, only 10 sanctions were enforced by the Supreme Court. This research discuss two issues. First, granting the authority to select the first judge’s appointment to KY. Second, giving the authority to impose sanctions on judges who violate the code of ethics to KY. This study uses a juridical-normative method with a conceptual-comparative approach to analyze the legal materials. The study found that the law has placed KY as an ethical institution as well as a supervisor of judicial power, but practically, many KY authorities cannot be implemented optimally because of the lack of regulation and technical understanding with the Supreme Court as the pinnacle of justice in Indonesia. It is very important to restore KY authority in appointing first-level judges and increase KY authority in imposing ethical sanctions on judges who violate ethics. KEYWORDS: Komisi Yudisial, Judges Appointment, Ethical Sanction.