Occupational health 2012, para. 11
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- The informal economy stands in contrast to the formal economy in a number of critical ways, the most important being the relative absence of State regulation. The lack of regulation results in numerous insecurities and vulnerabilities for informal workers, such as the lack of collective bargaining and anti-discrimination protections. Further, informal workers are also often subjected to volatile, insecure work schedules and long hours. Many informal workers are involved in piece work, which encourages unsafe work habits and shifts the burden of responsibility to protect occupational health from employers to workers. Although there are some very high earners within the informal economy (such as self-employed professionals), the vast majority of informal workers come from marginalized backgrounds and work without adequate training, technology and health precautions for a small, insecure wage. Although not all persons involved in the informal economy are poor, and not all of the working poor are informal workers, there is a substantial overlap between poverty and the informal economy.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/20/15, para. 11.
- Paragraph number
- 11
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