Burnout Syndrome, telework and technological revolution

a study of professional illness in times of Covid-19

Abstract

The scope of this theoretical incursion is to reflect legally on the technological impacts caused in labor relations by the Fourth Technological Revolution or Industry 4.0, which facilitated the modality of work called 'Telework' by the Labor Reform of 2017, in the era of globalized society, especially in the current scenario of epidemiological crisis caused by Covid-19. In addition, the increase in the risk of worsening the health of the worker is analyzed, with the occurrence of the Burnout Syndrome, as a direct consequence of telework too much imposed on the working class during the pandemic of the new virus, which was ratified by the State for the maintenance of business activities, without thinking about the mental health of the worker. In this sense, the emergency legislation edited to regulate labor relations during the crisis of the Sars-Cov-2 virus is verified and its correlation with the resumption of the neoliberal movement of precarious labor law, which elevated the professional illness of those who work remotely. The central problem is to what extent the technological innovations of Industry 4.0 have been beneficial to labor law, given its impacts even on labor legislation, especially during the Covid-19 crisis. To this end, bibliographic and exploratory research is developed, by means of theoretical revision, of an inductive nature, based on works consolidated by national critics, as well as legislative texts and the Federal Constitution. In this sense, it is hoped to make this work of fundamental importance to the academic and social community, in order to give concreteness to labor rights and build an emancipating legal thought.