Throughout life, even employed workers often face the problem of poverty. One of the strategies to ensure a decent life or merely improve their standard of living is multiple employment. Among the secondary forms of employment that prevail among the working poor, alongside regular jobs, is undeclared work (also unregistered work or working off the books). Undeclared work and dual employment have negative impacts on individuals, particularly affecting their psychophysical health and family life. The consequences are also felt by the employers providing regular jobs and the state. Through my research question, I examined the ways in which unregistered work affects the regular employment of workers, specifically in the case of warehouse workers. I conducted my research in a large international company, which, despite offering permanent contracts, does not provide its warehouse workers with secure employment due to poorly organized schedules and poor working conditions. Therefore, it can be said that this constitutes precarious employment. I found that among the working poor, who predominantly perform difficult work, hardly anyone voluntarily enters a labor market that does not provide the security of traditional forms of employment. Instead, they are forced into it due to the insufficient income of their households and the harsh working conditions of their primary employment.
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