U-turns to set minimum fees for self-employed

Authors
Publication date 2015
Event 2nd Labour Law Research Network conference
Number of pages 20
Organisations
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Hugo Sinzheimer Instituut (HSI)
Abstract On the basis of an analysis of the Court of Justice rulings, this paper seeks to explore the possibilities to set minimum fees for self-employed without infringing EU competition law. For that purpose, two possible U-turns are discussed. It is submitted that utilizing an association of undertakings as a veil to disguise anticompetitive behaviour is not a very successful endeavour. Adopting minimum fees for self-employed in a collective bargaining agreement may be a more successful route. But everything depends on the leeway the Court of Justice is willing to give to social policy.
Document type Paper
Note Title in programme: U-turn to comply with competition law and set minimum fees for independent contractors
Language English
Other links http://llrn-conference2015.org/
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