self-employment

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• Self-employment — is the individual pursuit of capitalism. To be self employed, an individual is normally highly skilled in a trade or has a niche product or service for their local community. With the creation of the Internet the ability for an individual to… …   Wikipedia

• self-employment — self employed ˌself emˈployed adjective JOBS 1. having your own business, rather than being employed by a company: • Over a quarter of agency supplied computer staff are self employed. • Many self employed businessmen are dependent on loans for… …   Financial and business terms

• self-employment — self employed ► ADJECTIVE ▪ working for oneself as a freelance or the owner of a business rather than for an employer. DERIVATIVES self employment noun …   English terms dictionary

• self-employment — In law, the key tests as to whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor include whether the services are carried out by a person on his own account, and the degree of control over the performance of the job. Easyform Glossary of… …   Law dictionary

• self-employment — noun Working for oneself, as being an independent contractor. Self employment lacks the security of working for a big company, but at least the only idiot boss you will meet is yourself …   Wiktionary

• self-employment — /self em ploy meuhnt, self /, n. the act or fact of being self employed. [1735 45] * * * …   Universalium

• self-employment — HR being in business on one’s own account, either on a freelance basis, or by reason of owning a business, and not being engaged as an employee under a contract of employment. The distinction between the self employed and the employed is not… …   The ultimate business dictionary

• self-employment — noun Date: 1745 the state of being self employed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• self-employment — See: self employed …   English dictionary

• self-employment — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : the state of being self employed …   Useful english dictionary

• self-employment —   work as a freelancer or owner operator …   Geography glossary