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  1. self-em·ployed

    /ˌselfəmˈploid/

    adjective

    • 1. working for oneself as a freelancer or the owner of a business rather than for an employer: "a self-employed builder"
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  3. Self-employment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-employment

    Self-employment is the state of working for oneself rather than an employer. Tax authorities will generally view a person as self-employed if the person chooses to be recognised as such or if the person is generating income for which a tax return needs to be filed.

  4. The Difference Between Entrepreneurs and the Self-Employed

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    Self-Employed - Working for oneself as a freelancer or the owner of a business rather than for an employer. Entrepreneur - A person who organizes and operates a business...

  5. Freelancer - Wikipedia

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    Freelance (sometimes spelled free-lance or free lance), freelancer, or freelance worker, are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term.

  6. Sole proprietorship - Wikipedia

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    Doctrines. Related areas. Company portal. Law portal. v. t. e. A sole proprietorship, also known as a sole tradership, individual entrepreneurship or proprietorship, is a type of enterprise owned and run by only one person and in which there is no legal distinction between the owner and the business entity. [1]

  7. CARES Act: 10 Things Self-Employed Workers Need To Know Now

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    For example, if an Uber driver made $40,000 in 2019 1099 wages but had $8,800 in expenses, his benefit amount might be calculated using $31,200 or $600 a week. And in this case, 47 percent of $600 ...

  8. False self-employment - Wikipedia

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    False self-employment is a situation in which a person registered as self-employed, a freelancer, or a temp is de facto an employee carrying out a professional activity under the authority and subordination of another company. [1] Such false self-employment is often a way to circumvent social welfare and employment legislation, for example by ...

  9. Gig worker - Wikipedia

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    Zero-hour contract employment. It is important to distinguish employment in the sharing economy from employment through zero-hour contracts, a term primarily used in the United Kingdom to refer a contract in which an employer is not obliged to provide any minimum number of working hours to an employee. Employment in the gig economy entails ...

  10. Employment - Wikipedia

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    Self-employment is the state of working for oneself rather than an employer. Tax authorities will generally view a person as self-employed if the person chooses to be recognised as such or if the person is generating income for which a tax return needs to be filed.

  11. Informal economy - Wikipedia

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    In recent surveys, the informal economy in many regions has declined over the past 20 years to 2014. In Africa, the share of the informal economy has decreased to an estimate of around 40% of the economy. [30] In developing countries, the largest part of informal work, around 70%, is self-employed.

  12. Creative entrepreneurship - Wikipedia

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    Creative entrepreneurship is the practice of setting up a businessor becoming self-employed - in one of the creative industries. The focus of the creative entrepreneur differs from that of the typical business entrepreneur or, indeed, the social entrepreneur in that they are concerned first and foremost with the creation and exploitation ...