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However, it has issued guidance on the application of these criteria and established that the category ‘worker’ under EU law is independent from the national one (38). It has for example held that employees in a body governed by public law qualify as ‘workers’ irrespective of their civil servant status (39). It also reasoned that casual and seasonal staff employed under fixed-term contracts who are not subject to certain provisions of the national labour code fall within the scope of the concept of ‘workers’ (40). The Court has also ruled that the concept of worker could cover a person admitted to a work rehabilitation centre, regardless of the person’s productivity level, the origin of the funds linked to remuneration or the limited amount of remuneration (41).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.