Saúde e segurança dos trabalhadores sob o capitalismo de plataforma: o caso dos prestadores de serviço de entrega por aplicativo em São Luís- MA de 2021 a 2023

Abstract

The present work was developed with the objective of identifying whether the work model under platform capitalism is capable of guaranteeing minimum health and safety conditions for application deliveru workers in the city of São Luís-MA. The hypothesis raised is that the work routines required of these workers, the absence of legislative protection and the absorption by the couriers of the direct costs of the work activity prevent the health of their health and weaken the safety in their work. The applied methodology involved two stages, initially bibliographical research and national secondary data collection, and then local data collection through field research. To fulfill this objective, the theoretical framework on platform capitalism was analyzed, some of its characteristics and how the absence of legal and jurisdictional definitions can influence the insecurity of labor relations of the professional category object of study. The surveys showed how, all over the world, the characterization of the condition of the platform worker as subordinate or autonomous is still controversial. In Brazil there is still no specific legislation and jurisprudence is still being consolidated. In the end, performing an analysis of the legal requirements on work safety for delivery workers in general and, evaluating the data collected in qualitative research carried out with this professional category that works through applications, it points to the confirmation of the original hypothesis of weakening of the health and safety conditions of the analyzed workers.