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What are the obstacles faced by dependent employees who want to become self-employed and/or start their own business in Europe?
In 2003 DG Enterprise launched a comprehensive study among the EU 15 countries on the obstacles that dependent employees face when they try to become self-employed.
The report resulting can be downloaded here: "Overcoming the obstacles faced by dependent employees who want to become self-employed and/or start their own business". It is also available in French and German.
According to this report, obstacles are related to following areas:
It also includes a synthesis chapter structured as follows. For each item (see list above) a general description is provided in a separate section, explaining why it may form an obstacle. Next, the practical legal situation in the Member States is described in brief. Does an obstacle exist? How severe is it?
The sections continue with a short description of good practices in the Member States (EU 15), provided that such practices have been identified regarding the topic at hand. Each section is concluded with a short summary with a EU-wide scope. In the last section of this synthesis the focus is on the situation of hiving- offs in all the Member States. For details regarding obstacles, good practices and hiving-offs, we refer to the Country Reports in the following chapters.
The last part of the report focuses on each Member State (EU 15), introduces the national background, the description of every obstacles (see list above) in regard with the national context, and policy measures and legislative system.
The report resulting can be downloaded here: "Overcoming the obstacles faced by dependent employees who want to become self-employed and/or start their own business". It is also available in French and German.
According to this report, obstacles are related to following areas:
- General requirements related to start-ups,
- Financing the start-up of a business,
- Insolvency and seizure procedures,
- Social security systems in general,
- Social security: Unemployment, Social security (Sickness, Disability, Medical costs, Old age, Pregnancy and child care),
- Taxation,
- Labour Law,
- Private labour contracts,
- Miscellaneous topics,
- Hiving-offs
It also includes a synthesis chapter structured as follows. For each item (see list above) a general description is provided in a separate section, explaining why it may form an obstacle. Next, the practical legal situation in the Member States is described in brief. Does an obstacle exist? How severe is it?
The sections continue with a short description of good practices in the Member States (EU 15), provided that such practices have been identified regarding the topic at hand. Each section is concluded with a short summary with a EU-wide scope. In the last section of this synthesis the focus is on the situation of hiving- offs in all the Member States. For details regarding obstacles, good practices and hiving-offs, we refer to the Country Reports in the following chapters.
The last part of the report focuses on each Member State (EU 15), introduces the national background, the description of every obstacles (see list above) in regard with the national context, and policy measures and legislative system.
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