A reforma trabalhista de 2017: consequências para a formalização e proteção das relações de trabalho

Abstract

The following master’s thesis focuses on the work law reform of 2017, which modified several regulations of the Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho. These changes directly impact the context of work in Brazil as a whole. This thesis aims to determine the effects of these law changes in the present context of work restructuration and the global tendency of workers law flexibilization. The present paper also will analyze impacts of the law change on the work relations during its first four trimesters of effectiveness. The methodology was biographical. There was also data analysis regarding work disoccupation and informal work rates. The paper also analyzed the number of new work related litigations brought to the judicial system during the first four trimesters of the law effectiveness. In conclusion, the work law reform has stimulated the flexibilization of work relations which intensifies the workers’ exploration. The data analysis revealed a drop on the formal work rates and an increase on the informal work rates or autonomous work, where workers have no access to social security or fundamental workers rights. The data also revealed a considerable reduction of the new work related litigation on the country’s judiciary system on the first four trimesters of the law changes effectiveness, given new rules that allow the judiciary system to punish a worker who was not able to prove its rights on litigation.