Monday, August 23, 2010
[IWS] Dublin Foundation: SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS' SOCIAL RIGHTS ENHANCED--NEW EU DIRECTIVE [10 August 2010]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Level
New directive enhances social rights for self-employed workers [10 August 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2010/06/articles/eu1006091i.htm
EU employment, social policy, health and consumer affairs ministers met in early June 2010 to discuss a range of employment-related issues. One of the main social policy innovations was a directive that will strengthen equality between self-employed men and women. The directive improves benefits, including maternity protection for self-employed women and female spouses of self-employed workers, and was subsequently adopted without debate by transport council ministers on 24 June.
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