Inteligência artificial, automação e relações de trabalho : desafios jurídicos no cenário contemporâneo.

Abstract

This study critically examines the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation on contemporary labor relations, with particular emphasis on the Brazilian context, highlighting emerging legal challenges. Embedded within the Fourth Industrial Revolution, algorithmic systems and digital platforms are reshaping traditional employment bonds, intensifying algorithmic subordination, precariousness, and constant worker surveillance. The research demonstrates that the Brazilian Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT) and the current legal framework are insufficient to address labor realities mediated by AI. It analyzes the risks of algorithmic discrimination, violations of fundamental rights such as privacy, equality, and data protection, as well as the limits of civil and criminal liability concerning autonomous conduct by intelligent systems. Based on international experiences such as the European Union’s AI Act, urgent normative guidelines are proposed: algorithmic transparency, strict employer liability, the right to human review of automated decisions, independent AI system audits, and the strengthening of labor data protection. The study concludes that Brazilian labor law requires a disruptive and prompt normative reinvention, or it risks becoming obsolete in the face of algorithmic dominance and digital servitude in the labor market.