1. LAMAS Working Group 19-20 June 2013
Agenda Item 3.3 AHM 2017 on self-employment: Draft issue paper

2. 2017: AHM on self-employment
Commission Regulation no. 318/2013 adopted the AHM programme
Self-employment as topic for 2017
Proposed by the Member States (LAMAS)
With support from DG EMPL

3. Draft issue paper
To provide the TF with guidance for the development of the module
Anticipate challenges ahead
Propose a structure of sub-modules
Cannot be prescriptive, but provide guidance

4. Self-employment including ambivalent professional status
Persons on the borderline between being employee and self-employed
Probable growth of the group, but lacking quantitative evidence at EU level
Analysis based on a more detailed breakdown of the professional status

5. Varying terminology Ambivalent professional status Quasi employees
New self-employment
Forced self-employment
Involuntary self-employment
Fake self-employment
Own account worker, freelancer, grant recipient (FI)
Sole trader, partner (SK)

6. Challenges Heterogeneous group Legal aspects involved
Risk of low response rate
Risk of categories of small size
Proximity to the core LFS

7. Possible structure of sub-modules
Forms of self-employment
Working conditions and social benefits
Entrepreneurship?
LAMAS feedback will be integrated in the work of the TF

8. Sub-module 1: forms of self-employment
Objective: identification of all relevant forms of self-employment
Possible criteria:
Number of customers
Degree of entrepreneurial freedom
Organisation of the work process
Self-perception
Motivation for taking a job as self-employed
Previous experience as employee

9. Sub-module 2: working conditions and social benefits
Objective: check existence of social benefits (and working conditions in general) for the target populations
Possible topics:
Paid holidays
Sickness leave
Unemployment benefits
Training opportunities
Additional information: collected by AHM 2015

10. Task Force June 2013 – expression of interest by email
July 2013 – planning the work of the TF
Sept/Oct 2013 – first TF meeting
Spring 2014 – second TF meeting
Autumn 2014 – testing in some MS
Spring 2015 – third TF meeting
June 2015 – final proposal presented to the LAMAS

11. LAMAS members are invited to…
Comment and give suggestions on the approach proposed
By , by end June, volunteer for participating in the TF