Brussels, 08/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 8 March, the Council adopted its first-reading position on a draft directive aimed at improving the social protection of self-employed workers and of "assisting spouses”. The draft directive is aimed at improving the social protection of self-employed workers, with a view to removing disincentives to female entrepreneurship. It also seeks to improve the social protection of "assisting spouses", who often work in the self-employed sector...