18 percent of Algerian workers non-declared: Employment Minister

Algerian Employment and Social Security Minister Tayeb Louh said the number of employees non-declared at social security department in Algeria reached 18 percent in 2007.

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• The minister who said Algeria is now one of the biggest countries where workers’ rights are not respected did not give exact figures on the total number of non-declared employees. Yet, he mentioned that the 18.6 percent work in 9,810 enterprises on the basis of inspection visits paid in 2007.
• According to Tayeb Louh, the number of declared foreign workers in Algeria went up to 23,000 in 2007, equivalent to 7 percent of total number of employees.
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• Chinese manpower is ranked first with 19,000, equivalent to 30 percent compared to local manpower.
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