LABOR REFORM AND TEACHING WORK IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION IN BRAZIL

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential impacts of the latest Labor Reform and specific measures taken by the sector, such as the progress in Distance Learning (EaD), on the labor universe of professors acting in private higher education in Brazil. Law n. 13,467/2017 was passed by the Temer Administration on the grounds of creating “legal certainty” and modernizing labor relations. In this regard, we intend to analyze the turnover of professors in the databases composed of administrative records of the Ministry of Economy in order to verify whether, beyond the news of specific cases, the sector as a whole is already experiencing noticeable changes in their employment levels, in the volume of dismissals and hiring, and whether specific provisions of the Labor Reform are already been complied with.

LABOUR MARKET; TEACHING PROFESSION; HIGHER EDUCATION; PRIVATE EDUCATION