The work through digital apps in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2022.57.12136

Keywords:

Ifood. Subordinação jurídica. Precarização. Relações de trabalho.

Abstract

This research analyzes the new ways of work through digital apps, in particular the one from the plataforma Ifood, in the contexto of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Grounded on the dialectical-materialist method and the indirect documental research technique in the documental and bibliographic modality, the four Industrial Revolutions were analyzed and the work brokered by digital apps. The main goal was to examinate this types of labor, your consequences and verify the existence of subordination as the main point of caracterization of the employment bond. As major results, the study concluded that the work brokered by digital apps can create precariousness on the relations of labor and that the new theories about subordination are capable of demonstrate the existence of this requirement on the employment bond in the relationship between workers and companies, what evidence for the existence of employment bond.

Author Biographies

Bruno Gomes Borges da Fonseca, Faculdade de Direito de Vitória

Pós-doutorado em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-MG).

Pós-doutorado em Direito pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES).

Doutor e Mestre em Direitos e Garantias Fundamentais pela Faculdade de Direito de Vitória (FDV).

Procurador do Trabalho na 17ª Região.

Professor da graduação e da pós-graduação da FDV.

Professor colaborador no Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Gestão Pública da UFES.

Aprovado em concurso público para Juiz do Trabalho do TRT da 5ª Região.

Ex-Procurador do Estado do Espírito Santo.

Ex-Advogado.

Autor de livros e artigos jurídicos na área do Direito.

E-mail: bgbfonseca@yahoo.com.br

Fernando dos Santos Pessoa

Especialista em Direito e Processo do Trabalho pela Faculdade de Direito de Vitória. Graduado em Direito.

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Published

2022-08-11

How to Cite

Borges da Fonseca, B. G., & Pessoa, F. dos S. (2022). The work through digital apps in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Revista Direito Em Debate, 31(57), e12136. https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2022.57.12136

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Vol. 31 No. 57 (2022): Revista Direito em Debate

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