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Legitimising informal work at national level T rade union perspective

Legitimising informal work at national level T rade union perspective. On behalf of ETUC Nataļja Mickevica Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia. Impact of undeclared work Worker perspective.

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Legitimising informal work at national level T rade union perspective

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  1. Legitimising informal work at national levelTrade union perspective On behalf of ETUC NataļjaMickevica Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia

  2. Impact of undeclared workWorker perspective • Workers outside of labour law coverage (labour rights, health and safety) and social security protection • Precarious work, low income, poverty, forced labour • No professional development • Indirect impact of limited fiscal opportunities due to lost revenue (less social protection)

  3. Factors of undeclared work • Primarily - a governance issue • Low GDP, public sector corruption, low intervention of state in the labour market, low social protection • Relation between low wages and undeclared work • Necessary to address: supply chains and subcontracting, phenomena of bogus self-employment, letter-box companies (posting)

  4. Solutions fostering declared employment transforming undeclared work into regular employment • ETUC Resolution on Undeclared work (March 2014) • Support of the EU platform on undeclared work; mandatory membership • Platform - insufficient solution; broader discussion needed on EU level including ILC 2014/2015 conclusions • Minimum protection guarantee to undeclared workers • Special attention on undeclared migrant workers • Addressing the cross-border dimension of undeclared work • Strengthening capacity and cooperation of labour inspectorates, directive on minimum standards of labour inspection • Measures to tackle bogus self-employment (ILO Recommendation No.198) • Addressing challenges of subcontracting and posting of workers

  5. Role of trade unions • Collective bargaining and decent wage negotiations • Raising awareness • Support of inspection and control measures • Protection and representation of undeclared workers • Provision of “missing elements” of reality and new emerging forms of undeclared work within tripartite social dialogue – adviser for public policy

  6. THANK YOU!

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