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International Labour Office - Geneva
Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration Department

Informal Economy, Undeclared Work and Labour Administration
José Luis Daza  June 2005
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/downloads/papers/informal.pdf
[full-text, 73 pages]

[excerpts
This research document was validated at an Experts’ meeting on “Undeclared work, informal economy and labour administration” which was held in Turin on 4-6 May 2005. The workshop key objective was to show how labour administration can contribute to extending decent work to those categories of workers deprived of rights, either because they are undeclared by their employers, or are considered excluded from the application of labour and social security laws.
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With a view to establishing a basis for a technical discussion, this working paper will attempt:
1. To describe the evolution of the terminology;
2. To describe what is meant by informal economy in industrialized and developing countries, taking labour legislation as a starting point;
3. To explain which activities by persons or enterprises are not covered by labour laws;
4. To highlight the decent work deficit in the informal economy in terms of the legal situation of those employed in it and suggest a concept of labour informality with which labour administrations can work;
5. To propose key elements for action by labour administrations in the framework of a global and integrated strategy to facilitate the transition from the informal to the formal economy.
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