Economic Dependence as a Criterion for the Protection of the Self-Employed under EU Law and in Selected Member States

This paper presents the cornerstones of the conceptual distinctions necessary to map out a separate category of workers, namely “economically dependent self-employed workers” (who fall between dependent subordinated employees and independent self-employed entrepreneurs) from the perspective of the E...

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Main Author: Tomasz Duraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin 2024-03-01
Series:Review of European and Comparative Law
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/recl/article/view/17179
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Summary:This paper presents the cornerstones of the conceptual distinctions necessary to map out a separate category of workers, namely “economically dependent self-employed workers” (who fall between dependent subordinated employees and independent self-employed entrepreneurs) from the perspective of the EU law and the laws of selected Member States. The author considers how the economic dependency of self-employed workers should be defined, which method(s) of protection should be applied to these workers, and what scope of protection they should enjoy. The observations in this paper serve as a basis for de lege ferenda recommendations for the Polish legislator. At present, there is no separate category of “economically dependent self-employed workers” in Polish law.
ISSN:2545-384X