1993, ISBN: 9065448268

Paperback, [EAN: 9789065448262], Springer, Springer, Book, [PU: Springer], Springer, The Social Protection of the Self-Employed in the European Union was the central theme of a congress t… Meer...

Paperback, [EAN: 9789065448262], Springer, Springer, Book, [PU: Springer], Springer, The Social Protection of the Self-Employed in the European Union was the central theme of a congress that was held in Louvain on 19 and 20 November 1993. The most important congress reports have been compiled in this work containing articles on the growing importance of small and medium sized enterprises in Europe, a comparative analysis of the degree of social protection of the self-employed in the EC states, and the importance of EC law for their position. The existence and growing importance of a group of self-employed in Europe is closely related to the increasing significance of small and medium-sized enterprises in the European Union, both with respect to their economic function and their number. These relatively small businesses produce a great number of self-employed who are in need of some form of social protection, according to the authors. Although some believe that self-employed should not be entitled to, for instance, unemployment benefits because they knew beforehand that starting one's own enterprise constitutes a certain risk, they are entitled to benefits in certain cases, depending on the situation and the country in question. On the various forms of social protection existing in the European countries different authors have written articles that have been compiled in this first edition in the Kluwer Sovac Series., 10903, Labor & Employment, 173486, Business, 10777, Law, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 16022541, Labor Law, 173491, Specialties, 10777, Law, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<