Conceptul de lucrător - noi dimensiuni

Prof. univ. dr. Alexandru ŢICLEA

ABSTRACT

The study aims to present and explain the concept of worker, as regulated by the European Union, by national rules, and as it results from the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

As mentioned above, in a narrow sense, a worker means a person who performs subordinate work for a beneficiary, in exchange for remuneration. In a broad sense, the term in question also concerns other persons: those looking for a job, the unemployed, those who were previously employed, as well as other categories of natural persons.

But we are currently facing a different type of worker than the traditional one, thanks, first of all, to the means of communication via the Internet, the use of remote work (at home and telework, from digital platforms, etc.), the use of technical instruments, exoskeletons, chemicals, implants, etc. which increase work capacity and raise individual performance.

At the same time, a new...