P-441 Positive Psychosocial Work Factors Associated With Work Engagement in Informal Economy “Remeros” of Trajineras of Xochimilco, Mexico City

Remeros and trajineras will be preserved at their original language due to respect for this workers Introduction In Mexico, workers in the informal economy represent 55.8% of the economically active population (INEGI, 2021). The remeros of the trajineras of Lake Xochimilco are in the informal economy; they do not have social security or a fixed salary; its economic gain is the commissions and tips of the users. The Xochimilco (place of flowers) Lake, is a tourist attraction where rides are offered in trajineras and are driven by a “remero”, who pries with a stick like the gondoliers. Remeros are exposed to different working conditions, among them psychosocial work factors, due to the interaction between colleagues and owners, service users and providers, and forms of work organization. Research reports an association between work engagement and work resources such as rewarding tasks, organizational social support, information and communication, good relationships with superiors, and learning opportunities; as well as negative associations with work demands such as emotional burden, and overload (Hernández and Oramas, 2018; Juárez et al., 2020; Ortiz-Isabeles and García-Avitia, 2021). However, there is little research on workers in the informal economy. Methods It is an observational and analytical cross-sectional research. The Labor Demands and Resources Questionnaire for workers in the informal sector of hospitality services (Chio-García, 2023) and the Utrecht Scale of Engagement at Work will be used. For associations, odds ratios will be obtained for prevalence and the Mantel and Hanzel test for significance. Results discussion and Conclusion In development until November 2023