The Netherlands: self-employed

This is the national contribution to the CAR on self-employed workers in the Netherlands. In this national contribution information is provided on self-employed workers in relation to (1) legal provisions and social security, (2) recent trends in self-employment with no employees, (3) collective representation and collective bargaining and (4)...

Impact of high-risk jobs on long-term work absence

Long-term work absence is an issue of concern among employers and employees in the Netherlands. Disparities between occupations in terms of sick leave cannot be explained by differences in the characteristics of the workers, the job, the company or the working conditions. After adjusting for these factors, occupation remains an independent...

From precision demands to neck and upper extremity pain

My love, my life, my everything: Work–home interaction among self-employed

As a result of the increased number of dual-earner families and the widespread availability of information and communication technology, the boundaries between work and non-work have become blurred. Today, work is no longer necessarily spatially, temporally, and socially distinct from home. As a consequence, the amount of research into the work...

Towards the development of a European framework for psychosocial risk management at the workplace

The use of questionnaires in conflict research