O teletrabalho em tempos de pandemia: adaptações, direitos dos trabalhadores e os impactos gerados durante o período de calamidade pública

Abstract

Since ancient times, work has been essential for humanity's survival and progress. Throughout the centuries, its importance has grown, and the need of legal regulation for labor relations arose. It was in this context that Labour Law emerged, being a dynamic phenomenon that adapts to the contemporary reality. Globalization, the restructuring of the production process and the technological advances were crucial for radical changes to take place in labor relations, and that is the genesis of the Telework. This new way of working allowed the worker to do his duties in a different place from that provided by the employer, and has been pointed out as the standard way of working for the coming decades. However, a completely unpredictable fact made projections for the coming years to come true in a few days: the world pandemic of Covid-19 in 2020, caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which culminated in the teleworking's advent to thousands of workers. Given the above, the purpose of this study is to discuss the world pandemic's impacts for the teleworking regime in Brazil, analyze the basis of teleworking, the legislation and jurisprudence on this subject in brazilian land, the consequences of the global pandemic and some considerations on the teleworkers situation during and after that period.