COVID-19 and the labor market in Brazil: analysis of the brazilian emergency legislation in light of the ILO's precepts

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: This study analyzes the compatibility of the emergency legislative measures adopted between March 2020 and October 2021 by the Brazilian federal government and the precepts of the ILO to address the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the labor market. METHODOLOGY: Based on a deductive approach, a comparative bibliographic and documentary analysis was carried out between the main changes imposed by the Brazilian legislation adopted in connection with the sanitary crisis and the precepts of the ILO in the official reports called "ILO Observatory Covid-19 and the World of Work". RESULTS: As for facing the impacts of the pandemic in the labor market, it is argued that the Brazilian emergency legislation took the opposite direction of what was precepted by the ILO, revealing an option for deepening neoliberal policies of reduction or flexibilization of labor rights and social protection. © 2021 Centro Universitario FG (UNIFG). All right reserved.