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Representations of informal jobs and health risks among housemaids and construction workers

Bernstein Iriart, Jorge Alberto ; Roberval Passos de Oliveira ; Shirlei daSilva Xavier ; Alane Mendara daSilva Costa ; Ribeiro de Araújo, Gustavo ; Vilma Sousa Santana

Ciência & saude coletiva, 2008-01, Vol.13 (1), p.165-174 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Rio de Janeiro: Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva

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  • Título:
    Representations of informal jobs and health risks among housemaids and construction workers
  • Autor: Bernstein Iriart, Jorge Alberto ; Roberval Passos de Oliveira ; Shirlei daSilva Xavier ; Alane Mendara daSilva Costa ; Ribeiro de Araújo, Gustavo ; Vilma Sousa Santana
  • Assuntos: Employment ; Health risk assessment ; Health risks
  • É parte de: Ciência & saude coletiva, 2008-01, Vol.13 (1), p.165-174
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  • Descrição: During the past few decades, the Brazilian labor market has been characterized by an increase of unregistered workers, earning lower wages, not covered by social insurance or occupational risk prevention programs. This study describes the representations and perceptions about informal work contracts and job-related health risks, analyzed in a group of injured unregistered workers. This was a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews carried out with seventeen laborers, nine housemaids and eight construction workers. The findings indicate that workers recognize the importance of formal jobs, mainly because of legal guarantees of labor rights, mentioning the symbolic downgrading of informal jobs that undermines their self-esteem. Both work groups tended to minimize occupational health risks in the work environment, and did not recognize associations between informal job contracts and occupational accidents or diseases. It was clear that workers want to have job contracts. The findings of the study demonstrate the need for broader dissemination and discussion about labor rights and the construction of public policies that encompass health and safety programs for these workers.
  • Editor: Rio de Janeiro: Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva
  • Idioma: Português
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