Self-employed work

Work which is performed in an individual's own business, trade or profession as an independent contractor, rather than as an employee.

"It is possible to identify different kinds of self-employment, ranging from individual professionals with no employees, to small employers, to so-called ‘economically dependent' workers, i.e. self-employed from a legal perspective but economically dependent on an employer."
(Eurofound, Status of self-employed people, visited 2009-06-22)