• Who regulates undeclared work?
• How is it regulated?
• Is undeclared work a must or a choice?
• What are the reasons that make students take undeclared work?
• Why do employers decide for this type of employment? What are the benefits for them?
• What are the penalties for undeclared work?
• How can the mechanisms of regulating undeclared work be improved?
• How does undeclared work affect Slovenia’s budget?

DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS

• Nike will do the interview with a student who does undeclared work and study the act regarding undeclared work.
• Petra will do the interview with an employer who is involved in undeclared work and answer the fifth question.
• Blaž will answer the third and sixth question.
• Katja will answer the first and second question.
• Sara will answer the seventh and eighth question.

LIST OF LITERATURE

Babušek Medič, M. (1999) Siva ekonomija v Slovenskem gospodarstvu in predlog njenega reševanja, Naše gospodarstvo, vol. 45, no. 3/4, pp. 210-215

Državni zbor Republike Slovenije (2007) Zakon o preprečevanju dela in zaposlovanja na črno, http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=200712&stevilka=567 (accessed 20 October 2007)

Državni zbor Republike Slovenije (2004) Zakon o visokem šolstvu, http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=2004100&stevilka=4325 (accessed on 1 November)

E – študentski servis (2007) Ali lahko delam preko študentskega servisa, če pavziram?, http://www.studentski-servis.com/Studenti/Pogosta-vprasanja#1-2 (accessed 1 November 2007)

European Commission (2004a) An analysis of undeclared work: an in-depth study of specific items, http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/publications/2004/cev104021_en.pdf (accessed 1 November 2007)

European Commission (1998) Communication on undeclared work, http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/cha/c11710.htm (accessed 1 November 2007, last updated 14 July 2005)

European Commssion (2003) Undeclared work and the European Employment Strategy – Working document, http://www.annoeuropeodisabili.it/documenti/vareseenlavorosommerso.pdf (accessed 1 November 2007)

European Commission (2004b) Undeclared work in the new Member States and candidate countries: size, measurement and policy – Slovenia, http://assemblealegislativa.regione.emilia-romagna.it/biblioteca/pubblicazioni/MonitorEuropa/2004/Monitor_10/Commissione/rapporto%20_lavoro%20nero.pdf  (accessed 1 November 2007)

European foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (2004) Thematic feature - industrial relations and undeclared work, http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2004/06/tfeature/si0406205t.htm (accessed 1 November 2007, last updated 13 September 2004).

Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve (2006) Poročilo o aktivnostih in učinkih preprečevanja dela in zaposlovanja na črno za leto 2005, Komisija Vlade Republike Slovenije za odkrivanje in preprečevanje dela in zaposlovanja na črno, http://www.mddsz.gov.si/fileadmin/mddsz.gov.si/pageuploads/dokumenti__pdf/delo_crno_porocilo05_ess.pdf (accessed 20 October 2007, last updated April 2006)

Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve (2006) Pravilnik o pogojih za opravljanje dejavnosti agencij za zaposlovanje,

http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=2006139&stevilka=6050 (accessed on 1 November 2007)

MINUTES OF THE FIRST MEETING

Minutes of the meeting »Problem Based Learning Project«

held on 10th October, 2007 on MSN

Present: Sara, Nike, Katja, Blaž, Petra

Absent: /

AGENDA:

1.)The discussion of the work that has been done

2.)Discussion of the problem and forming the definition

3.)Forming the questions

4.)Any other business

Item 1:

We formed the group and chose the name. We distributed the roles and chose the topic for our Problem Based Learning project which is Undeclared work.

Item 2:

Discussion: We discussed the problem and how we should define it.

Decision: We all agreed with Nike's suggestion of the definition but we will probably improve it in the future.

Item 3:

Discussion: We discussed and formed the questions which could be relavant for our project.

Decision: We all agreed with the research questions.

Item 4:

Discussion: Sara proposed that we should hold our next meeting on 15th October, 2007 at FDV.

Decision: We all agreed with the proposed date.

The next meeting will be held on 15th October, 2007 at FDV

Minutes taker: Petra

Chair: Blaž

MINUTES OF THE SECOND MEETING

Minutes of the 2nd meeting "Problem Based Learning Project"

held on 17th October at FDV Library

Present: Blaž, Nike, Sara

Absent: Katja, Petra

AGENDA:

1.)Action-item follow-up

2.)Sources and literature

3.)Distribution of tasks

4.)Any other business

Item 1:

We successfully completed the second task and we decided to continue the good work.

Item 2:

DISCUSSION: We all faced some problems regarding the literature. We found just a few useful sources because our topic was too narrow. Blaž suggested to broaden out the topic to cover undeclared work in general. Sara proposed to check the translation of our topic. With the help of our professor we found another translation of ‘neprijavljeno delo’ which is, according to Evroterm, more appropriate.

DECISION: To still keep the essence of our problem, we decided to stress undeclared student work. We decided to change the term unregistered work into undeclared work.

Item 3:

DISCUSSION: Nike volunteered to do an interview with a student who does undeclared work. Petra confirmed the interview with an employer by email yesterday.

DECISION: We agreed to equally distribute the tasks. Nike will do the interview and study the act about undeclared work. Petra will also do the interview and find answers to the fifth question. Blaž will try to answer questions No. 3 and 6. Katja was assigned to do the first and second question. Sara will answer the seventh and eighth question.

Item 4:

DISCUSSION: Nike proposed that we should hold our next meeting on 23^rd October at FDV.

DECISION: We all agreed with the proposed date.

The next meeting will be held on 23^rd October at FDV.

Minutes taker: Sara

Chair: Blaž

MINUTES OF THE THIRD MEETING

Minutes of the meeting »Problem Based Learning Project«

held on 25^th  October, 2007 at FDV

Present: Sara, Nike, Katja, Blaž, Petra

Absent: /

AGENDA:

1.)    Action-item follow-up

2.)    Writing the glossary

3.)    Any other business

Item 1:

We decided to continue the good work.

Item 2:

Discussion: We discussed the glossary. Nike suggested that each member should find four words and that we use ten that are the best.

Decision: We all agreed with Nike's suggestion.

Item 3:

Discussion: Blaž proposed that we should hold our next meeting on 7th November, 2007 at FDV.

Decision: We all agreed with the proposed date.

The next meeting will be held on 7^th  November, 2007 at FDV

Minutes taker: Petra

Chair: Blaž

MINUTES OF THE FOURTH MEETING

Minutes of the meeting »Problem Based Learning Project«

Held on  2^nd November 2007 on MSN

Present: Sara, Nike, Katja, Blaž, Petra

Absent: /

AGENDA:

1.)    Action-item follow-up

2.)    Discussing the PBL project

3.)    Any other business

Item 1:

We decided to continue the good work.

Item 2:

Discussion: We discussed writing the report.

Decision: We all agreed that each member should write 1-2 pages about their research questions.

Item 3:

Decision: We decided to meet with the professor on 7^th November 2007 to go through the work that we have completed so far.

The next meeting will be held on  7^th November 2007 at FDV

Minutes taker: Petra

Chair: Blaž

Seminar work in development :)

GLOSSARY:

Affluent (bogat) - having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

Deterrence (zastraševanje) - the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear, doubt or anxiety

to Enter into force (stopiti v veljavo)

Entrepreneur (podjetnik)

Incentive (spodbuden) -  a thing that encourages somebody to do something

Incidence (razširjenost) - the extent to which something happens or has an effect

Interplay (medsebojen vpliv) - the effect that two or more things have on each other

Market Inspectorate (tržni inšpektorat) - is a constituent body of the Ministry of the Economy responsible for surveillance of execution of legislation on areas of consumer protection, product safety, trade, catering...

Mushrooming effect (razširiti se) -  to spread or increase in number rapidly

Non observed economy (siva ekonomija)

Referral (napotnica)

Scrounger ("žicar") - someone who mooches or cadges / tries to get something free

Shadow economy (delo in zaposlovanje na črno)

Standard of living (življenski standard)

Student employment brokerage service (študentski servis) - is a company that referrs students to their potential employers

Transition (prehajanje)

Vast (prostran) - unusual great in size, amount or scope