Homeworker
Dependent homework is a form of wage labor (or not self-employed work), in which the workplace is located either in their own home or in self-chosen place of work of employees, while the employer provides the means of production and becomes the owner of the manufactured product. Homework fees are usually caused by (red ) "binding determinations " as a minimum compensation per hour worked or per piece, in exceptional cases, by special collective agreements determined. State auditor remuneration ( labor inspectorates - State offices of labor protection) monitor compliance with the minimum working conditions.
In contrast to the workers home workers not subject to the management right of the client and is not incorporated into its operation. Nevertheless, his work is basically the same principles as for workers in the health, care, unemployment insurance, pension and accident insurance to social insurance.
Self-employed homework is independent of an employer in contrast to this. This may be in order, a customer. If homework is carried out without a firm order or specific contract on his own account, it is called home trader. This offer their products or services to either directly or through sales organizations ( in network marketing ).
When teleworking employees perform telework in their own homes, usually supported by means of communication such as internet, fax, phone or video calling.
Work at home
The homework was regulated in Germany for the first time by the House labor law of December 20, 1911 more closely; it was followed in the 1920s, the regulation of minimum wages and the inclusion of home-based workers in the social security ( " Lex Behm ", named after Margaret Behm ) homework Act of 30 October 1939 and after the war, the work at home on 14 March 1951 ( HAG). Today, however, the term home work has changed dramatically since emerged through the Internet new opportunities. Switzerland homework Act of 1981 was adjusted accordingly on January 1, 2009, new media and online technology.
Homework law protects people who exercise a homework by regulating piece or hourly fees and bonuses. The law also regulates social security coverage, which comes into force in case of illness, reduced working hours, termination and insolvency. It also prescribes minimum wages that must be strictly adhered to. The home workers are typically paid not by time, but according to prepared pieces. After work at home home workers do not have to sell even the most prepared in homework products. Companies that do not comply with the work at home, the issue of homework may be banned.
Home workers need to specify their homework in a commercial office. Furthermore, it must also be specified which persons they employ. This will be monitored by the Occupational Safety and the Labour Inspectorate. The work at home is especially true for home workers, homeworkers and interim champion.
In 2008, the number of home workers in Germany reached about 4.7 million; in the following years - 2009 and 2010 were marked by an economic crisis - they sank.