REDUÇÃO DA JORNADA DE TRABALHO E IMPACTOS NAS RELAÇÕES TRABALHISTAS

Abstract

This monograph will make a study about the working hours that are adopted in Brazil and whether its reduction would imply a higher quality of labor relations. Work as we know it stems from a long historical evolution and has shaped itself from different contexts – political, economic and social. When we talk about working hours, however, we are not talking about work as a creative praxis, but about a contractual employment relationship that imposes on the worker a pre-established workload during which he must dispose of his time for the sake of the job. This can be called modern work. Knowing that modern work consists more of a contractual formality than of the activity that is carried out, it will be questioned whether the eight hours a day and forty-four hours a week to which the worker is subject are really necessary or whether the employee is able to satisfy the demands of the job in less time than this, highlighting the reasons that lead to believe that a long expenditure of time is linked to greater productivity and why this is the same as the work of the worker. belief is not correct. To this end, theoretical references on the subject will be analyzed, including international studies and researches that already present results of the reduction of working hours in practice. This debate, however, will not only take place in the area of productivity, but also, and essentially, from the perspective of the right to disconnect. The issue of the health and well-being of the worker inside and outside the workplace will be analyzed in this model of working day that is adopted, paying attention to the occupational diseases to which the workers are exposed, as they have only one third of their day to dedicate themselves to their activities of private life, such as hobbies, education, etc. family and interpersonal relationships, in addition to the rest necessary for physical and mental recovery. Finally, the conclusions will be presented, commenting that the shortened working day, as inferred from the studies cited, represents numerous benefits for the health and well-being of the worker and, contrary to what is presumed, does not negatively affect the company's productivity, but positively. Thus, knowing that both employers and employees are benefited by shorter working hours, it will be concluded that there are positive impacts on labor relations.