EU: Commission proposes new rights for the self-employed
In October 2008, the European Commission proposed a new Directive on equal treatment between self-employed women and men, which would notably give self-employed women and the “assisting spouses” of the self-employed the same maternity leave rights as employees.
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The existing
Directive
Rationale for change
Equal
treatment
Establishment of a company
Social protection for assisting spouses
Maternity leave
Other issues.
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