Breathe
By Sonia Garza González, National President of the Mexican Association of Women Heads of Business (AMMJE), National Board Member of COPARMEX, COPARMEX NL and CAINTRA NL. Selected for the second consecutive year as one of the 100 Powerful Women in Business by Expansión magazine.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) recognizes that, in many countries, informality represents a significant part of the economy and the labor market and plays an important role in production, job creation and income generation. However, at the same time, this organization also shows that informality exposes workers to a greater risk of vulnerability and precariousness, which has a strong negative impact on income adequacy, occupational safety and health, and working conditions in general.
Objectively, this organization accepts that, in many cases, informality arises from the need to obtain a livelihood due to the limited possibilities of finding a job, although there are also cases in which there is a clear intention to operate, evading tax payments and employer commitments, in order to increase profits. Whether it is self-employment or small informal businesses, both modalities are limited in terms of access to credit that would allow them to scale their businesses, there is low productivity and consequently less capacity to obtain and increase income.
