A member of a producers’ cooperative is a person who holds a self-employment job in an establishment organized as a cooperative, in which each member takes part on an equal footing with other members in determining the organization of production, sales and/or other work, investments and the distribution of proceeds among the members. Note that employees of producers’ cooperatives are not to be classified as in this group but should be classified as employees. Members of informal cooperatives should be classified as employers or own-account workers, depending on whether or not they employ any employees on a continuous basis.