worker In this guide, is used to refer to any person ‘worker’ working for an employer, whether they are employed on a contract of employment (ie an or on a contract ‘employee’) personally to do work, or more generally as a contract worker. In employment law, the term has a similar ‘worker’ meaning to those people covered by the Equality Act. However, it is not quite identical to that and has its own definition; the term is used, for example, to people covered by the Working Time Regulations and the law on the minimum wage.
worker In this guide, ‘worker’ is used to refer to any person working for an employer, whether they are employed on a contract of employment (ie an ‘employee’) or on a contract personally to do work, or more generally as a contract worker. In employment law, the term ‘worker’ has a similar meaning to those people covered by the Equality Act. However, it is not quite identical to that and has its own definition; the term is used, for example, to people covered by the Working Time Regulations and the law on the minimum wage.
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