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The Eurofound uses Community Links’ approach to undeclared work in the UK
20 Apr 2009
Tackling undeclared work in the European Union.
As part of the Need NOT Greed campaign we were contacted by Warwick University on how best to tackle the informal economy here in the UK (read more details here). As Community Links is leading the way on the informal economy due to our vast research over the past nine yearsand actively campaigning on the issue we have contributed to the following:
"The UK charity Community Links has developed a research-based approach to the issue of undeclared work that is founded on the idea that it is ‘need not greed’ that motivates many informal workers. This approach has had a high level of success in influencing and reforming public policy strategies regarding undeclared work. Its supportive policy differs significantly from the punitive approach taken previously by the UK public authorities on the topic." Read more here