The Impacts of the Pandemic on Workers and Their Work Relationship Contributions of Work and Organizational Psychology in the Pandemic Context

The health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is accompanied by a significant political, economic, and social crisis, strongly impacting the reality of the everyday worker and their relationship with their work. The Brazilian Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (SBPOT – Associação Brasileira de Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho) developed the three-volume collection Work and COVID-19 containment measures: contributions of Work and Organizational Psychology in the pandemic context to support acting and reflecting upon this tragically challenging scenario. In its first volume, the focus was in guidelines for home office experience - remote work mandatorily done at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this second volume, we move towards other topics that affect workers, also including work experiences beyond organizations and an attentive look at workers with diversified vulnerabilities. This perspective is especially important at a time in which the majority of workers are exposed to so many frailties, both old and new, in their relationship with work. With this volume, we intend to inspire individual and collective actions and reflections that help us better comprehend and prepare for this novel world of work.