Classification of class of worker - variant on employees and self-employed

2 - Self-employed

This category includes persons whose job consisted mainly of operating a business, farm or professional practice, alone or in partnership. This includes: operating a farm, whether the land is rented or owned; working on a freelance or contract basis to do a job (e.g., architects, private duty nurses); operating a direct distributorship selling and delivering products such as cosmetics, newspapers, brushes and cleaning products; and fishing with own equipment or with equipment in which the person has a share.

The business can be incorporated or unincorporated. Incorporation is the legal process used to form a corporate entity or company. A corporation is the resulting legal entity that separates the firm's assets and income from its owners and investors. It is the process of legally declaring a corporate entity as separate from its owners.

Self-employed persons include those with and those without paid help (employees). Also included among the self-employed are unpaid family workers.

21 - Self-employed (incorporated)

This category includes self-employed persons whose business is incorporated.

22 - Self-employed (unincorporated)

This category includes self-employed persons whose business is unincorporated.

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