Her income has been cut to a third of what it was but she is undoubtedly a full-time self-employed worker.

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Under the changes, a self-employed worker who contributes to the social security system in one EU country, and then moves to another member state that does not have unemployment insurance for the self-employed will be able to claim unemployment benefit from the country where the worker was last based before becoming unemployed.

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The CafeMom list includes interior designer, life coach, day care worker and homeopathic practitioner, among others, all careers allow moms to be self-employed and make their own schedules.

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