Balance of the labor reform in economic perspective, the fallacies of the arguments of its defenders and the impacts on the public institutions of labor

Abstract

Based on studies developed at the Center for Syndical Studies and Labor Economics of the Institute of Economics of UNICAMP (CESIT/IE/UNICAMP) on the labor reform in force in Brazil since November 2017 and its impacts on researches conducted under the thematic project "Contradictions of labor in Brazil today: formalization, precariousness, outsourcing and regulation", this article reflects on the meaning of this reform, addressing, from an economic perspective, the fallacies of its defenders' promises and assesses its effects, more than a year of its enforcement, in relation to the market and labor relations, the social protection system, the organization of workers and public institutions that operate in the world of labor, with a focus on Labor Justice. In this sense, it seeks to contribute to the debate on the labor reform's efficacy and its unfolding in the context of the economic crisis experienced today.

KEYWORDS: Labor Reform, flexibilization, unemployment, judicialization.