The maximum tax on a self-employed worker making $43,000 in 1987 was $5,387.40.

Employees split that cost with their companies while self-employed workers pay the full amount.

The 9 million self-employed workers have a greater challenge than many people to find affordable health insurance.

The construction sector employs under 1 million people at present and there are 800,000 self-employed workers in the industry.

Since 1983, self-employed workers have been required to pay double the employee payroll tax rate.

Like other self-employed workers, freelance artists must provide their own benefits.

In any case, the government reported that the number of self-employed workers rose by 156,000 last month, to 9.2 million.

Consequently, it is also important that we include self-employed workers.

What we are debating here is nothing other than extending the working hours of self-employed workers.

Some of these self-employed workers have employees of their own.