enterprise-based concept of the ‘informal sector’) and second, informal jobs (i.e., the jobs-based concept of ‘informal employment’). As defined by the 15th International Conference of Labour Statisticians in 1993, the ‘informal sector’ (i.e., informal enterprises) is defined as private unincorporated enterprises that are undeclared or small with regards the numbers of those employed. An unincorporated enterprise is a production unit, not composed as a detached legal entity independently of the person in ownership, and for which no whole set of accounts is maintained. An enterprise is unregistered, when it is not recorded under certain forms of national legislation (e.g., tax or social security laws, professional groups' regulatory acts). Trade licences or business permits being issued does not qualify as registration. Meanwhile, an enterprise is small when its size of employment falls below a particular threshold (e.g. five employees) decided in accordance with national circumstances (Hussmans, 2004; ILO 2011, 2012). Given that this definition of the (A+B) does not include ‘informal sector’ those in informal jobs in formal enterprises (C), the 17th ICLS in 2003, adopted an alternative jobs-based definition of to capture such ‘informal employment’ (A+C) workers. This defines the employment relationship (i.e., a job) as ‘informal when it lacks basic social or legal protection or employment employment’ (A+C) benefits and may be found in the formal sector, informal sector or households. Persons in informal employment include the following types: (a) own-account workers and employers employed in their own informal enterprises; (b) members of informal established as legal producers’ cooperatives (not entities); (c) own-account workers producing goods exclusively for own final use by their household (if considered employed, given that the production comprises an important contribution to the total household consumption and is included in the national definition of employment); (d) contributing family workers in formal or informal enterprises; and (e) employees holding informal jobs in formal enterprises, informal enterprises, or as paid domestic workers employed by households.
enterprise-based concept of the ‘informal sector’) and second, informal jobs (i.e., the jobs-based concept of ‘informal employment’). As defined by the 15th International Conference of Labour Statisticians in 1993, the ‘informal sector’ (i.e., informal enterprises) is defined as private unincorporated enterprises that are undeclared or small with regards the numbers of those employed. An unincorporated enterprise is a production unit, not composed as a detached legal entity independently of the person in ownership, and for which no whole set of accounts is maintained. An enterprise is unregistered, when it is not recorded under certain forms of national legislation (e.g., tax or social security laws, professional groups' regulatory acts). Trade licences or business permits being issued does not qualify as registration. Meanwhile, an enterprise is small when its size of employment falls below a particular threshold (e.g. five employees) decided in accordance with national circumstances (Hussmans, 2004; ILO 2011, 2012). Given that this definition of the ‘informal sector’ (A+B) does not include those in informal jobs in formal enterprises (C), the 17th ICLS in 2003, adopted an alternative jobs-based definition of ‘informal employment’ (A+C) to capture such workers. This defines the employment relationship (i.e., a job) as ‘informal employment’ (A+C) when it lacks basic social or legal protection or employment benefits and may be found in the formal sector, informal sector or households. Persons in informal employment include the following types: (a) own-account workers and employers employed in their own informal enterprises; (b) members of informal producers’ cooperatives (not established as legal entities); (c) own-account workers producing goods exclusively for own final use by their household (if considered employed, given that the production comprises an important contribution to the total household consumption and is included in the national definition of employment); (d) contributing family workers in formal or informal enterprises; and (e) employees holding informal jobs in formal enterprises, informal enterprises, or as paid domestic workers employed by households.
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