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25 March 2025
Undeclared care work in the EU: Policy approaches to a complex socioeconomic challenge

The scale of undeclared care work (paid care work that is lawful but not declared to public authorities) in the EU is considerable. Recent estimates suggest that 6.8 million undeclared workers provide care or household services across the EU, with 2.1 million specifically in the care sector. Undeclared care workers are predominantly women and often are migrants. They have poor working conditions and limited social protection and are at a heightened risk of exploitation.

This report examines undeclared care work in the EU, its characteristics and the challenges faced by people working in this sector. It briefly describes the complex drivers of undeclared care work and presents a range of policy responses implemented across the EU to tackle it. The findings underscore the need for a comprehensive policy framework that not only addresses immediate enforcement challenges but also tackles structural barriers to formalisation while ensuring good working conditions and social protection for care workers

Marianna Baggio+1
Eurofounds forskningsartikel
26 February 2021
Working conditions and sustainable work: An analysis using the job quality framework

This flagship report summarises the key findings of Eurofound’s research on working conditions conducted over the programming period 2017–2020. It maps the progress achieved since 2000 in improving working conditions and examines whether all workers have benefited equally from positive change. It highlights which groups are the most at risk of experiencing poor working conditions and being left behind. Given the changes in the world of work, emerging challenges for good job quality are identified. The report also provides evidence for measures that could lead to the further improvement of work and the achievement of fair working conditions for all in the EU. The analysis shows that, overall, job quality in the EU is improving, if slowly. Not all workers are benefiting to the same extent, however. Furthermore, gender, age and contractual status have a significant bearing on a person’s working conditions. And while digitalisation helps to address some job quality issues, it also creates new challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated trends, reinforcing concerns and highlighting the importance of achieving job quality for all.

Isabella Biletta+6
Flagskibsrapport
11 May 2020
All aboard: Hauling undeclared workers onto the pandemic rescue boats
A debate has started in Italy about the support that the state should provide to undeclared workers operating in the informal economy during the COVID-19 crisis. Nunzia Catalfo, Italy’s Minister of Labour in April stated that ‘undeclared work should not exist’ but went on to acknowledge ‘it is a plague that exists’ and that the state has an obligation to provide for all those who have been left without an income in the current emergency. However, this is not an easy step for governments to take, and much is at stake in bringing undeclared workers into the social security fold.
Isabella Biletta
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Marianna Baggio

Research officer
Social policies research

Marianna Baggio er forskningsmedarbejder i Eurofounds enhed for socialpolitik og arbejder med aspekter af den europæiske undersøgelse af livskvalitet (EQLS) samt med emnerne løngennemsigtighed mellem kønnene og uformel omsorg. Før hun kom til Eurofound, arbejdede hun som politisk analytiker ved kompetencecentret for adfærdsmæssig indsigt i Europa-Kommissionens Fælles Forskningscenter. Hun har arbejdet som postdoc ved University Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Milano) og University of Trento. Hun har også stor erfaring fra en tidligere rolle som CSR-ansvarlig i Sydafrika. Marianna har en ph.d. i økonomi og ledelse fra University of Trento med speciale i adfærdsøkonomi.

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