employment

Employment

1) Number of persons employed at 31 December in a sea transport enterprise (inclusive of working owners, partners working regularly in the enterprise and unpaid family workers), as well as persons employed outside the enterprise but who belong to it and are directly paid by it.

Self-employment

1) Means working for one's self or running one's own business. Important to ensure that Inland Revenue (IR) requirements are fully met otherwise such work will be counted as employment and customer will have to meet employer's share of national insurance (NI) contributions, etc and pay tax for self-employed person. Self-employed must pay own NI contributions and declare earnings to IR.