Meio ambiente do trabalho e os riscos ambientais : reflexos previdenciários em um ambiente de trabalho desequilibrado

Abstract

The inclusion of labor rights, social security and environmental balance in the category of fundamental rights came from a gradual historical process, which lasted for centuries. The protection of fundamental rights to decent work and social security initiated from internal movements within each state and was strongly influenced by the Industrial Revolution, which transformed the means of production and gave the employee a fair market value. The exploration work capacity and the subjection of people to degrading working conditions sparked claims that culminated in the legal regulation of labor and social security, to ensure decent working conditions and safety on the occurrence of social contingencies. The protection of the environment started from international movements, in particular the Stockholm Conference, and only found expression when the damage resulting from the exploitation of natural resources exceeded the geographical borders and threatened the continuity of planetary life. The work environment, such environments, artificial and cultural part of the concept of environment, since labor is the ambience where the individual obtains the necessary means to survive and remain a large part of his life. The ambience of work is a reflection of contemporary society at risk, in which decent work is passed over the economic gain at the expense of companies that prefer to neglect their duties to act preventively. The negligent conduct of employers, exposing its employees to health hazards and the physical and psychological integrity, the worker takes his dignity. Among the harmful agents present in the workplace, the agents are highlighted unhealthy, dangerous and painful, as well as psychological, given its prevalence and consequences highly damaging to workers. The working environment of balance, as a result of workers' exposure to environmental hazards, Surte effects on the welfare system. The social security system aims to effectively protect the worker upon the occurrence of social contingencies such as disability and death, because they remove the autonomy of the individual to survive with dignity. The Brazilian pension system regulates the granting of benefits and services to workers victimized by accidents at work, as well as their dependents, which are: death benefits, disability retirement, sickness, accident assistance and vocational rehabilitation. It happens that a considerable number of contingencies that occur in the workplace ambience derives solely from negligent conduct of the employer who ultimately transferred to the pension system their obvious responsibility, which can be confirmed from statistical surveys conducted by the Brazilian Social Security Institute.