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AS CONDIÇÕES DE TRABALHO DOS ATORES JUDICIAIS EM PORTUGAL: REFLEXÕES A PARTIR DA QUEIXA DO SOJ À OIT

2021; Universidad de Los Lagos; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

0719-4706

Mg. Marina Pessoa Henriques Mg. Marina Pessoa Henriques, Teresa Maneca Lima, João Paulo Dias,

Digital Economy and Work Transformation

Discussing working conditions in the context of the recent economic and financial crisis is increasinglyimportant given the challenges of labour flexibilization and the precariousness of fundamental rightsat work. In this regard, the contribution of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to theimprovement of working conditions through conventions and recommendations in its membercountries is highlighted. Working time, and in particular the implications of overtime work on work-lifebalance, has been a concern of the ILO since 1919. Since then, the ILO has drawn attention to worktime-related socio-employment inequalities, seeing it as a fundamental dimension of decent work andencouraging governments to formulate effective public policies to promote a decent working time.This article seeks to observe the dissonance between the rights at work of judicial actors in Portugaland what happens in practice with respect to working time. To this end, we analyse the results of theinterviews conducted under the QUALIS project, engaging them in dialogue with the rare studies thataddress working conditions in Portuguese justice, considering the focus on excess workload and alsowith the complaint lodged with the ILO by the Judicial Officials Union against the PortugueseGovernment in 2019 for work performed outside the working time without the right to remuneration orother compensation. These preliminary results seem to support the hypothesis that the ILO’s specialcontrol system has a symbolic role related with the embarrassing effect on the State, which is animportant mean of claiming rights.K