The 20/2007 law, published in the Official Journal on July 12, will come into effect in three months. For the first time, it comprises the status of the 3.118.000 people who work alone. The text's elaboration was born from talks between the sector's different representation organizations. It answers the claims of an action group which demanded an adjustment of the social protection system to its needs and a definition of its rights (risk prevention, collective negotiation) and duties. It also creates an economically dependent independent worker status, about which we will publish a more detailed commentary soon. (Ref. 070629)
The law’s main dispositions are:
- The definition of the term of independent worker, his/her rights and duties.
- The establishment of risk prevention rules.
- The establishment of economic guaranties for the independent worker.
- The definition of the term “economically dependent independent worker”.
- The possibility to establish a contract of employment to children under 30 who live with a parent who is an independent worker.
- The recognition of collective negotiation, by recognizing the possibility to
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