A expansão do teletrabalho devido à pandemia e os impactos na saúde da trabalhadora

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic drastically impacts labor relations, leading many workers to have to adopt telework to continue performing their duties. However, the female workers increasingly suffered from this adaptation, accumulating the responsibilities of home, family and work, due tothe triple working day, patriarchy and gender inequality. These factors caused female workers to have health problems that were not directly linked to Covid-19, this is due to overwork – this being the set of jobs with daily obligations – which led many to exhaustion, known as the syndrome of Burnout, which was even more impacting on female workers who are mothers or responsible for caring for someone else. The pressure on the worker due to the demand of work, the fear of unemployment, the need to take care of their children – in the case of mothers –, in addition to social isolation, made many sick. Many female workers had health problems that were not directly linked to Covid19, this is due to overwork that led many to exhaustion, known as Burnout Syndrome, which was even more impacting on workers who are mothers or responsible for caring for someone else. Meanwhile, the Brazilian State promotes ineffective or incomplete public policies, not valuing the dignity of the human person, which is fundamental for the social values of work. On the other hand, companies such as banks, have made increasing profits and employed fewer people during the pandemic. The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil, of 1988, makes no distinction of gender, race, or color, however it’s evident that women suffered more than men to adapt to the pandemic,suffering with impacts on their physical and mental health.