The Challenges of Self-Employment in Europe: Status, Social Protection and Collective Representation
Renata Semenza, "The Challenges of Self-Employment in Europe: Status, Social Protection and Collective Representation"
English | ISBN: 1788118448 | 2019 | 256 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1788118448 | 2019 | 256 pages | PDF | 4 MB
In recent decades, due to unprecedented technological advancements, Europe has seen a move towards on-demand service economies. This has allowed the growth of self-employed professionals who are able to satisfy an increasing demand for flexible and high-skilled work. This book explores the need for reform of regulations in Europe, studying the variance in legal status, working conditions, social protection and collective representation of self-employed professionals. It provides insights into ways that policy could address these important challenges.
Presenting the results of a wide-reaching European survey, this book highlights key issues being faced across Europe: the implementation of universal social protection schemes; active labour market policies to support sustainable self-employment and the renewal of social dialogue through bottom-up organisations to extend the collective representation of self-employed professionals. With its theoretically-informed, empirical and interdisciplinary comparative analysis, this book identifies and explains key strategies to resolve these challenges.
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