Jornada exaustiva e síndrome de Burnout : os limites entre escravidão contemporânea e trabalho digno.

Abstract

This research focuses on the effects of contemporary slavery, characterized by exhausting work schedules, on worker health, in contrast to decent work and Sustainable Development Goal 8 of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda, especially in triggering burnout syndrome, within the context of Brazilian law, from the perspective of contemporary constitutionalism. To this end, the following research question is posed: from the perspective of decent work and Sustainable Development Goal 8 of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda, can contemporary slavery, characterized by exhausting work schedules, result in workers developing burnout syndrome, and what measures can be adopted to mitigate its impacts? The overall objective of this research is to analyze, from the perspective of decent work and Sustainable Development Goal 8 of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda, whether exhaustive working hours, characteristic of contemporary slavery, can trigger burnout syndrome in workers and what measures can be adopted to avoid its impacts. Specifically, the objectives are: (i) to analyze the problem of contemporary slavery, from its evolutionary aspects; (ii) to study, through a literature review, the triggering of burnout syndrome as a reflection of exhaustive working hours, characteristic of contemporary slavery; (iii) to demonstrate the relationship between decent work and Sustainable Development Goal 8 of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda, as a way to avoid the impacts of burnout syndrome on workers resulting from exhaustive working hours, characteristic of contemporary slavery. To this end, the deductive approach method, the historical method of procedure, and the indirect documentation research technique through bibliographic consultation are adopted. The research is justified by addressing a topic that is current, relevant, and convergent with the needs arising from the new normative dynamics of society, insofar as it aims to address contemporary slavery characterized by exhausting workdays, and its reflections and consequences on the worker's health, especially the onset of burnout syndrome, which goes against decent work. The research is linked to the Contemporary Constitutionalism research line of the Postgraduate Program in Law – Master's Degree at the University of Santa Cruz do Sul, and is also part of the research project on confronting contemporary slavery from the perspective of decent work: interrelations with human dignity and the sustainable development goals, coordinated by the supervising professor, Dr. Suzéte da Silva Reis. In conclusion, exhausting work schedules are one of the factors that can trigger burnout syndrome in workers, but this can be avoided, requiring joint action from the State and civil society in the pursuit of eradicating all forms of slavery.