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Working for cash in hand can be a vital career step and a way out of poverty

By Danny Buckley, Senior Lecturer in Enterprise, De Montfort University

Being paid for work in cash is often frowned upon in the UK. It can be seen as a way of avoiding tax, or cheating the system, and detrimental to economic growth.

Others say it is unfair to those who rely on cash-in-hand work, who may receive a low wage and have little in the way of employment rights (like holiday or sick pay) and job security.

Yet cash-in-hand work…

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