The European Commission announced the launch on Monday 2 March of a campaign, entitled ‘EU4FairWork’, to promote declared work, in conjunction with the platform against undeclared work and the European Labour Authority.
This is a first, the institution explains. On 16 March 2020, a week of action for declared work will start in the Member States with a series of activities, such as inspections in risk sectors, information sessions, visits to secondary schools, etc.
The Commission will also adopt a report on the activities of the European platform against undeclared work, launched in 2016, which we are told will be presented later this week. As a reminder, this network is in the process of joining the European Labour Authority (see EUROPE 12194/1) which is located in Bratislava (see EUROPE 12274/5).
The phenomenon of undeclared work remains significant and represents a loss of tax revenue within the EU. According to a Eurobarometer report, one in ten Europeans say they have bought goods or services in the past year that could be the result of undeclared work. Worse still, a third of Europeans know someone who works illegally. (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)