TEMPORARY DISABILITY

THE CHARACTERIZATION OF COVID-19 AS AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30749/2177-8337.v24n50p76-91

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the framework of SARS-CoV-2 - a pandemic caused by COVID-19 in Brazil - characterizing it as an occupational disease, and the possibility of the patient apply for the temporary disability benefit from the Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social - INSS . In this sense, the study traverse, preliminarily, the concept of temporary disability, presenting the requirements provided for in the specific legislation, so the laborer can apply for the benefit with the social security agency. Afterwards, the risk caused by COVID-19 to the Brazilian worker versus the need for work for survival will be analyzed. Consequently, the pandemic that has plagued Brazil is addressed, as well as discussing the possible characterization of such as an occupational disease, in a way that allows the worker to be infected by the virus to apply for the temporary disability benefit before the autarchy, being granted to the insured. To this end, it will be used as a deductive research method, in a bibliographic way, based on the Brazilian legal system and on researchers who address the theme. Finally, it is believed that there is a need to grant the temporary disability benefit to workers who apply for it because they have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, since it can be considered an occupational disease, having been acquired in the work environment. , the result of their livelihood, with no other alternative left for the worker other than facing the risk of contagion of the virus to carry out their work.

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Author Biographies

Bianca da Rosa Bittencourt, Universidade do Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR)

Advogada. Docente na UNOPAR (Universidade do Norte do Paraná) e no Centro Universitário de Maringá (UNICESUMAR) em Londrina-Pr. Possui graduação em Direito, Especialista em Direito Processual Civil pelo Instituto de Direito Constitucional e Cidadania - Faculdades Integradas do Brasil. Especialista em Direito Ambiental pelo Centro Universitário Internacional -UNINTER. Mestre em Direito Negocial pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina, na linha de Direito Civil, com ênfase no Biodireito. Pesquisa nas áreas de Biodireito, Direito Ambiental, Direito Civil e Direito Animal. Membro da Comissão de Defesa Animal da OAB-Londrina.

João Alves Dias Filho, Centro Universitário Filadélfia (UNIFIL)

Graduado em Direito pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina (2002).  Especialização em Direito Empresarial (2004) e Direito Previdenciário (2011-2012) pela Universiade Estadual de Londrina (UEL) e em Sociais Aplicadas pela Escola da Magistratura do Paraná (EMAP). Professor convidado do Curso de Pós-graduação da Faculdade Arthur Thomas e das Faculdades Integradas de Ourinhos. Professor dos cursos de Graduação e Pós Graduação em Direito no Centro Universitário Filadélfia. 

Paula Tovo, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Graduanda em Direito na Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL).

Published
2021-05-04
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BITTENCOURT, Bianca da Rosa et al. TEMPORARY DISABILITY. Journal from the Judiciary Section of Rio de Janeiro, [S.l.], v. 24, n. 50, p. 76-91, may 2021. ISSN 2177-8337. Available at: <https://lexcultccjf.trf2.jus.br/index.php/revistasjrj/article/view/455>. Date accessed: 03 apr. 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.30749/2177-8337.v24n50p76-91.
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