O direito do trabalho e o princípio da dignidade da pessoa humana: uma análise sobre a existência de trabalho análogo á escravidão no Estado do Maranhão e a implantação de politicas públicas para o seu enfrentamento

Abstract

The research proposes to present an analysis of the existence of labour analogous to slavery in the state of Maranhão and the implementation of public policies to face the issue from a perspective of Labour Law and the principle of human dignity. Therefore, this paper will deal with the concept of the principle of human dignity and its implications in labour relations, its legal aspects ensured in the Federal Constitution and the guidelines of the Consolidation of Labour Laws for the effectiveness of this principle. Then, slave labor in contemporaneity will be demonstrated through presenting the conceptual differences of slave labor in time, which characterizes modern slave labour, how forced labor is treated in Conventions 29 and 105 of the International Labor Organization and takes these workers to carry out such activity in the field. After a brief review, the performance of the state of Maranhão in the struggle against contemporary slave labor will be verified through the adoption of public policies combined with combat actions and the procedures adopted in the rescue of victims of exploitation in the countryside, the reception and their social reintegration. The methodology adopted for the development of the work is the deductive one. This final paper aims to bring a debate about the reality of labour analogous to slavery in the countryside in the state of Maranhão in the current context and the initiatives adopted by the govenrment of Maranhão, acting in collaboration with other entities - governmental and non-governmental - to combat it, demonstrating that the state of Maranhão is successful in combating actions implemented by public policies, although it still needs to be more effective in terms of welcoming victims and their social reintegration.