труд, социально-трудовые отношения, занятость, формы занятости, неформальная занятость, Sociology (General), HM401-1281, Economics as a science, HB71-74

The article substantiates the relevance of the study of informal employment problems in Russia. Approaches to the definition of an economic category, "informal employment" and existing methods of its measurement and evaluation. Analyzed the statistics of the dynamics of informal employment in the Russian Federation. The results of research and the scale of the causes of informal employment in the Voronezh region. The forecast of the dynamics of informal employment and to proposals for management of employment at the regional level.