Eurofound presented a comprehensive package of research comparing approaches and measures on how EU Member States, Croatia and four EU candidate countries, have tackled undeclared work since the onset of the economic recession in 2008. By 2010, 27 out of the 30 countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland had implemented policy measures to help prevent businesses and people from engaging in undeclared work from the outset. 19 countries were using measures to enable the transfer of undeclared work into the declared realm, and 20 of these had adopted commitment measures to try to facilitate a greater commitment to ‘tax morality’. In certain sectors (for instance the construction and transport sectors) alliances have been established between the government and the social partners.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/labourmarket/undeclared-work ...
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/243/en ...
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