How to Use self-employed in a Sentence

self-employed

adjective
  • Now in their 40s, they’ve both been self-employed for 25 years.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, victims who are unemployed or self-employed are out of luck.
    Sacramento Bee, 11 July 2024
  • Those who are self-employed with an inventory of goods.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The survey was designed to understand how the self-employed fared during the period.
    Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Those who are self-employed or in the gig economy need to make estimated tax payments.
    Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The visa lasts for two years and can be extended as long as the holder remains employed by a local company or is self-employed by the time the visa expires.
    Joy Dong, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • For example, the weakness in the household survey stemmed partly from a decline in the ranks of the self-employed — workers who are not counted in the tally of payroll jobs.
    Sydney Ember, New York Times, 2 June 2023
  • More than half of India’s work force is technically self-employed.
    Hari Kumar Atul Loke, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • In fact, the poor were already covered through Medicaid, whereas his was a program for uninsured working people and the self-employed.
    Joe Klein, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
  • The City of Westminster also benefits from the fact that three of the current six council members are self-employed and own small businesses.
    Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2023
  • In another change, disaster survivors who are self-employed and whose tools are lost or damaged would be able to get money to replace that equipment.
    Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The government will also expand tax breaks for business investment and reduce taxes for the self-employed, Mr. Hunt said.
    Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The problem for the labor minister was that proving that Glovo’s and Uber Eats’ riders were falsely self-employed was time-consuming.
    Ben Wray, WIRED, 20 July 2023
  • Weston and Brandon, both self-employed, have been restoring a previously derelict house since 2021.
    Ellen Airhart, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Burch Mixon is now self-employed as a garden designer, working with residential clients.
    Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Another contributing factor may be the rise of the gig economy, with coaching appealing to people wanting to be self-employed.
    Emily Hemendinger, NPR, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Most of my family are self-employed, so the conversations were always about navigating that.
    refinery29.com, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Some in the space say the new law will benefit both freelancers and the IRS by improving information gathering, especially for people who are self-employed and merchants who sell online.
    Cora Lewis, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
  • His wife was recently told she’s being laid off, an economic blow that other reservists, especially those who are self-employed, are well acquainted with.
    Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2024
  • For instance, people who are self-employed can have estimated tax payments and different deductions to factor in.
    Becca Stanek, theweek, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Shu added that France had also recognized the platform’s riders as being self-employed rather than entitled to employee benefits.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The $130 Home and Business version is recommended for self-employed or people managing rental properties.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Stay informed about new programs and benefits: Nineteen states and counting have introduced new programs to make saving easier for workers and the self-employed who don’t have access to a workplace retirement plan.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Shu explained that 90% of the company’s gross transaction value was in the U.K. and France, where lawmakers had ruled that Deliveroo riders and other gig economy workers should be recognized as being self-employed.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 Mar. 2024
  • These accounts are for business owners—including those who are self-employed—and their employees, and have much higher contribution limits than the traditional IRA.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Injury rates are not well tracked in federal labor statistics because people who are self-employed or work on farms with fewer than 11 employees are not required to complete the agency’s annual survey.
    Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Eligible employees include union workers, independent contractors, solo owner-operators and those who are self-employed and work at the port’s terminals.
    Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024

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