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The Netherlands: solo self-employment and labour on demand
No full textIn the Netherlands, social security is organised by means of employee insurance schemes for labour-related risks and national insurance schemes for social risks that concern all residents. Of late, the first in particular are increasingly failing to protect dependent or ‘precarious’ workers. This is caused by changes in the labour market: the entry of solo self-employment (SSE) and of app-driven labour on demand. This chapter concentrates on the first development as one that is more or less crystallised. The Dutch SSE case study shows two things: one, social insurance and tax legislation can be very potent stimuli in the growth of this work type, which is, measured against EU standards, extraordinary. And two, stimulating a certain work type using fiscal facilities is much easier than reversing its effect once the result is not as agreeable as expected. The government should take this message to heart in its (future) approach to work in the ‘sharing’ or ‘gig’ economy
Epilogue
No full textWhat attempts have been made to extend social security coverage to informal workers? What types of regulatory and normative frameworks are needed in countries with developed systems of labour law and social insurance? And what can we learn from attempts to make or keep social security all inclusive? In this book, in addition to the introductory cross-cutting chapters, academics from countries with systems of social security at different levels of development reflected on such questions, using their own scientific or national affiliation as starting point. In this last chapter we look at commonalities and we look at the question of whether the analyses and exemplary reports – that were presented under the heading ‘thematic’, ‘regional’ and ‘country case studies’ – provide inspiration for future steps
Oude corporaties, nieuwe verbanden
Full text linkIn deze bijdrage sta ik stil bij een vroege vorm van collectivering die eerder thuishoort bij het midden- en kleinbedrijf (MKB) dan bij de loonafhankelijke arbeid. Deze focus is interessant vanwege de recente ontwikkelingen op de arbeidsmarkt waar tussen de loonarbeider en de ambachtsman een vorm van ondernemerschap is ontstaan, die zich in termen van beschermenswaardigheid niet erg onderscheidt van de klassieke werknemer. Centraal staat in deze bijdrage op welke wijze deze ambachtslieden hun bescherming organiseerden en tegenwoordig organiseren en welke verschillen en overeenkomsten er zijn tussen de vroege vormen van collectivering en de methoden waarop kleine zelfstandigen nu de verbinding zoeken
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