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Family helper

Family helpers are unpaid family members who assist in the business part-time or full-time. They are skilled or low-skilled and can perform all possible tasks in a business. Their primary objective is to support business activities.

Source:
ILO, Upgrading informal apprenticeship: A resource guide for Africa, 2012
ILO, Upgrading informal apprenticeship: A resource guide for Africa, 2012
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This publication promotes a policy learning approach to build on the strengths of informal apprenticeship systems and reap their potential. It provides an overview of what we know about upgrading informal apprenticeship for decision- makers in ministries, trade unions and employers’ organizations, ILO skills and employment specialists in the field, and training experts in other international or national development agencies who are dealing with or envisage dealing with the training system of the informal economy.