A redução da jornada de trabalho: buscando a saúde e qualidade de vida

Abstract

The proposed theme for this work is “Reducing working hours to maintain health and quality of life”. Seeking to put on the agenda the reduction of the itinerary in services whose consequences could bring the well-being of workers, especially with regard to physical and mental health, as well as leisure, these are common rights contained in article 6 of the Federal Constitution of 1988. Therefore, the content is limited to the current needs of the Brazilian worker and the benefits brought by reducing working hours, not excluding specific definitions for the preparation of work, such as current legislation and constitutional amendment projects. This theme also refers to the analysis of the relaxation of working hours in the employment relationship and its current importance. It aims to conceptualize the flexibilization of Labor Law and establish minimum limits of protection in the face of changes arising from new production technologies. Another objective aims to demystify the argument that the obstacle to the economic and social development of a country lies in the broad protections for workers, which have suffered serious and constant blows to their structures, under the label of flexibility, but which correspond to the deregulation of the Law itself. and the mitigation of its principles. Being a research of a theoretical nature, the method used was bibliographical research in scientific articles, doctrinal and philosophical works, laws and will also include an electronic search in magazines and on the website of the Federal Senate and the Official Gazette of the Union.The results obtained during its preparation, it was noted that for the reduction to be successful, it is essential that salaries are maintained and working conditions are improved, especially after the great paradigm shift caused by Covid-19, requiring remote work to meet demand, which is already in place. Workers law consolidation. Finally, the importance of social rights and legal transformations in the individual's life became clear, so that they can actually live, it is through this intelligent loosening, combined with the 3 powers of Brazil and application in practice, that will bring greater growth economy in various sectors of the country.