Trabalho em transformação: um estudo sobre precarização, terceirização e reforma trabalhista

Abstract

This undergraduate thesis critically analyzes the precarization of labor relations in Brazil, focusing on the 2017 Labor Reform, the expansion of outsourcing, and emerging forms of employment. Based on a qualitative approach and a literature review, the study investigates the extent to which these transformations have affected social protection, union organization, and workers’ dignity. Initially, the historical context of labor relations in Brazil is examined, highlighting the role of the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT) and successive flexibilizing reforms. The main provisions of the 2017 Labor Reform are then analyzed, emphasizing changes such as the strengthening of individual bargaining, the prevalence of negotiated agreements over legislation, and the expansion of outsourcing. The study also addresses the effects of new contractual modalities and platform-based work, characterized by instability, insecurity, and loss of rights. Drawing on critical labor sociology, the analysis suggests that the reform did not achieve its goal of modernizing labor relations, but rather contributed to the intensification of structural precarization and the weakening of the social function of work. The thesis concludes that contemporary challenges demand new forms of resistance and critical reflection on the role of labor law in promoting social justice.