Abstract
This article aims to present different approaches for exhaustive working hours in order to enrich the discussion about legal and administrative dissents in situations analogous to slavery. It is argued that the exhaustive working hours are compounded by the imbrication of intensity and extensiveness of labor, increasing worker productivity requirements to adjust to the demands of capital. In this sense, exhaustion occurs when the rhythm of activities overlaps concomitantly with the lengthening of the workload for other social spheres. Both the acceleration of movements, under which everything becomes a priority and the constant availability through ICT - Information and Communication Technologies can lead to physical and psychological wear and tear, affecting the health of the worker and placing them in conditions of neo-slavery. This article was written through a bibliographical survey guided by the selection of articles and books found in the main Brazilian research bases that had an affinity with Marxian social theory about the concepts of working hours and working time, discussed by authors such as Dal Rosso, Antunes, Harvey, Dejours and others.
Keywords:
Exhaustive journey; Slave work; Intensity; Extensiveness; Time
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