Every third Ukrainian working in "shadow" – State Labor Service

Chairman of the State Labor Service of Ukraine Roman Chernega says the Service is working to reduce the level of shadow employment in the country, where every third employee, or about 5 million people are working illegally.

"The ILO [International Labor Organization] estimated the volume of shadow economy. The assessment shows that about 50% (around 5 million) of officially employed workers (about 10-12 million) in Ukraine are employed within the shadow economy. So, every third [Ukrainian] is working illegally," Chernega told a press conference on February 22.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian's Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva said the rate of shadow employment in Ukraine in 2017 decreased by 8%, to 3.7 million people from an earlier 4 million non-accounted workers.