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The general objective of this research is to analyze the employment conditions in Venezuela as a result of COVID-19, for which a descriptive documentary research methodology was used, through an analytical technique. Applying the method of collecting secondary sources, the review of various documents, both printed and digital, was used; One of the main sources analyzed in this study can be highlighted as the State of Alarm Decree No. 4,160 (2020), in addition to the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (1999), the Penal Code (2000), the Organic Law on States of Exception (2000); and international documents published by the International Labor Organization (ILO). This methodology made it possible to establish the definition of unemployment and explain how this affects the population and the impact it has on companies, in turn it made it possible to state how the pandemic crisis caused by COVID-19 modified working conditions and explain strategies to maintain the optimum environment in the workplace. It can be concluded that the distancing and biosecurity measures have helped in a certain way to prevent the spread of COVID-19; but as a result of this, economic concerns have increased, making it necessary for the national government to adopt more measures that protect workers and companies, with social significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]