Poland: evaluation of self-employment

What's the situation regarding draft legislation on self-employment? How do inspection units take care of the problem of "bogus" self-employed? This dispatch, suggested by one of our subscribers, evaluates legal issues regarding self-employment in Poland. (Ref. 080839)
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Self-employment is very common in Poland. It can be found via different types of contracts (service provision, contract for a task, assignment contract), which are subject to Civil Law and not to Labor Law. However, there is no legal definition of self-employment. Of course, it is different from an employment relationship which implies a subordination relation (work for an employer, under the command of this employer, during a time and at a place determined by him and in exchange for remunerati

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