Dependent self-employment: Trends, challenges and policy responses in the EU

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Colin C Williams Frederic Lapeyre (International Labour Organization) (2017). 'Dependent self-employment: Trends, challenges and policy responses in the EU'. Employment Policy Department. Working Paper No. 228

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Over the past few decades, there has been recognition that the ‘standard employment relationship’ (SER) of formal, full-time and permanent waged employment is becoming ever less the standard relationship. Given that the SER has been the key vehicle for allocating rights and social protection, its diminution poses challenges for the operation of regulatory frameworks and raises issues regarding working conditions, rights and benefits.

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