Self-employment in the EU: job quality and developments in social protection

Ensuring greater social protection for self-employed people has been the subject of much policy debate in recent years. In 2019, the Council of the European Union adopted a recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self-employed. Sudden reductions in income during the [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of many self-employed workers. Using data from the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey, this report examines the working conditions of different groups of self-employed people. It analyses measures taken at EU Member State ... Show more

Authors: Weber, Tina; Eiffe, Franz; Adascalitei, Dragos

Published: Luxembourg, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: iii, 77 p. (research report) + [2] p. (executive summary)

Access item: https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publications/2024/self-employment-eu-job-quality-and-developments-social-protection

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