Self-employed workers: Industrial relations and working conditions

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Series Details March 2009
Publication Date 25/02/2009
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This report presents an overview of the industrial relations and employment and working conditions of self-employed workers in the European Union and Norway. It presents basic trends in self-employment, highlights issues concerning the definition of self-employment and offers an overview of the national situations regarding the legal framework. The study also examines social security as a crucial aspect of the regulation of self-employment and a source of differences between employees and self-employed workers.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_files/docs/comparative/tn0801018s/tn0801018s.pdf
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Press Release, 15.4.10: Spain leads the way in supporting self-employed workers and creating more jobs http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/press/releases/2010/100415.htm
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Self-employed workers: industrial relations and working conditions: Executive summary, 2010 http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/131/en/1/EF09131EN.pdf
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Self-employed workers: Industrial relations and working conditions, 2009 (pdf) http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/comparative/tn0801018s/tn0801018s.pdf

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