The false self-employed, the scourge of young professionals

There are many companies that hire their workers as false self-employed, this being an illegal and fraudulent practice

1. Self-employed persons are not entitled to vacations, days of their own affairs, sick leave, social security or unemployment.
2. Nor do they have stability, since the employer may terminate his contract at any time.
3. The false autonomous and TRADE are not the same, although often the second figure hides the first.

The false self-employed is not a new figure in the business world , although the truth is that this form of contracting has spread too much during the economic crisis. And is that employers are always looking for new ways to expand production and reduce costs, even if it means trample the rights of the worker.

A false self-employed person is, according to a definition of the Stop Falsos Autónomos platform , "a person who despite working in a relationship of dependence for the company, as would be done by a worker on an employee under a current labor contract, is forced to register as a self-employed person " . That is to say, a new trick of the companies to save the Social Security of their employees and favor their dismissals .

The main consequence of this practice, totally illegal , is that workers see their rights diminished to the minimum expression. They work just as if they were a salaried employee, but they do not have the right to vacations, days of their own affairs, sick leave, social security, unemployment ... Needless to say, they do not enjoy stability either , since the employer can rescind at any time the contract without having to justify for it or have to pay settlement.

Entrepreneurs hide in the figure of TRADE (Autonomous Workers Economically Dependent) to shout to the four winds that have regularized the situation of their workers, although the truth is that most of these professionals are still false self-employed. Do you have a boss to account for? Is the company the one that marks your schedule and your tasks? Are they the ones that tell you what you have to charge? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are a false self-employed person.

And it is important that you know you can report the situation, although we recommend that you first go to a union or to platforms like False Autonomous Stop, which will be able to advise you and explain your possibilities. Luck!