self-employed worker

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A self-employedworker cannot in fact be forced to do extra hours insofar as he is, by definition, free to organise his own work as he wishes.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It makes no difference whether it is a self-employedworker who is pushing himself too hard or an employer that is pushing an employee driver too hard.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Similar to other sectors, the number of self-employed workers in rural services increased and the number of private employees declined.
Self-employed workers manage an economic activity in the private sector, yet they do not employ a wage or salary earner.
There is also the challenge of including self-employed workers, who sometimes are not permitted to make tax-qualified contributions to the system.
In the same period, the number of self-employed workers increased from 2.8 million to 4.4 million (57%).
First, the private pension scheme is voluntary for self-employed workers, but obligatory for the rest of the labour force.
Contribution was also mandatory for self-employed workers who were subject to minimum declared earnings.
In 1986, only 43,000 of 4.4 million self-employed workers were classified as "scientific, technical, and specialized" worker.
Self-employed workers are less likely to vote since there is a higher cost to voting - the opportunity cost of their time.
Both attributes chimed with his strong ethos of selfreliance, which made him comparable to the 'self-employed workers', and like this group, the whole family had been involved in his business.
T he sample will thus tend to be truncated and self-employed workers can thus be expected to have an average earnings profile steeper than the one of salary workers.
Unpaid family workers work for their relatives who might be self-employed workers or entrepreneurs.
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