The current crisis, while of a global nature, has affected national labor markets to a varying extent. While some countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows...

The phenomenon of inequality is typical of relations that structure class society and capitalism. Workers and entrepreneurs, subjects of those relations, are in a position of inequality, which derives from the following facts: on the one hand, entrepreneurs are collective subjects, because their...

The idea of work as a right has been in public debate since the beginning of the contemporary era - and so, intertwined with the discussion of human rights. Over time, the right to work has transmuted in the right to decent work, with all the characteristics ascribed to the latter. In Brazil,...

Wage employment is essential to a fair participation of workers in economic, social and political fields. This economic relation is based on many (and relevant) labour and social rights. However, in the 1990`s and the beginning of the 2000`s, wage employment lost a bit of its importance in the...

The global economy is undergoing profound transformations, commonly referred to in the literature as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Among the ramifications of these shifts, a notable aspect is the impact on labor relations. Specifically, there is a notable uptick in the number of individuals...

The discussion about precarious labor and its various manifestations has grown rapidly. However, one of the difficulties, and one of the problems, in any attempt to follow the discussion about precarious labor is the lack of homogeneity about the meaning and definition of this category. This...

This paper addresses some elements regarding the zero hour employment contract (ZHC), introduced by Law no. 13.467 of 2017 in Brazil. To this end, it performs a characterization of these employees, and compares them with other workers in the formal and informal sector. It then presents the...

This article, using data from the Pesquisas por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) and the PNAD Contínua, it shows that the platformization of the occupations of passenger transport drivers and deliverers/motorcycle couriers has increased the participation of the transport and postal sector in the...

The idea of work as a right has been in public debate since the beginning of the contemporary era - and so, intertwined with the discussion of human rights. Over time, the right to work has transmuted in the right to decent work, with all the characteristics ascribed to the latter. In Brazil,...

The phenomenon of inequality is typical of relations that structure class society and capitalism. Workers and entrepreneurs, subjects of those relations, are in a position of inequality, which derives from the following facts: on the one hand, entrepreneurs are collective subjects, because their...