Price arrangements of self employed workers
These Guidelines target self-employed workers who provide services through their own labour. For example cleaners, parcel carriers, artists and archaeologists. These Guidelines specifically target self-employed workers, which have relatively low incomes, precarious income positions, little social security and weak bargaining positions.
The Guidelines explain in which situations self-employed workers are able to make collective arrangements about prices and other (working) conditions without violating the cartel prohibition of the Dutch Competition Act. Furthermore, the Guidelines explain in which situations ACM will not impose fines. These Guidelines are especially useful for parties that (collectively) negotiate with or on behalf of self-employed workers, like employer organizations, trade associations and employee organizations (unions), and their advisors. For individual self-employed workers and other interested individuals, there is an abridged and simplified version (in Dutch) available on ACM’s website.