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worker

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 25.02.2025

Meanings

hrl tootmistegevuses vahetult osalev, peamiselt kehalist tööd tegev palgatöötaja
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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 731515 Last modified 24.01.2013
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Domain stockbreedingclassified zoology
töömesilane preferred
worker preferred
worker bee
female worker
  • taru‑ ja välistöid tegev suguvõimetu emane mesilane
töömesilane preferred
Usage examples
  • Mesilase peres on hrl. üks mesilasema ning palju leski ehk isamesilasi ja töömesilasi ehk töölisi.
tööline
worker preferred
Usage examples
  • Each colony includes three classes of honeybees: (1) the "queen," which lays eggs; (2) the "workers," which gather food and care for the young; and (3) the "drone" which fertilizes the queen.
worker bee
female worker

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 692971 Last modified 25.01.2016
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Domain Social Sciences - SocietyLabour - Employment - Working Conditions & Ergonomics
töötaja preferred
teenistuja deprecated
employee preferred
worker
employed person
  • töölepingu pool, kes kohustub tegema tööandja juhtimisel ja korralduste alusel viimase määratud tööd
  • a person who undertakes to perform work for another for an amount of time, which may or may not be specified
  • any person aged 15 years or more, who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer, whether the contract be for manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, whether it be implied or in writing, and whether it be a contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract personally to execute any work or labour
Good to know
  • 'Töötaja' - 'tööandja' tuleks ET-EN suunas tõlkida vastavalt 'employee' - 'employer'; kui on aga jutt lihtsalt töötajast kui töö tegijast, tuleks kasutada 'worker'. [18.05.1999]
töötaja preferred
Usage examples
  • Töölepingu alusel teeb füüsiline isik (töötaja) teisele isikule (tööandja) tööd, alludes tema juhtimisele ja kontrollile. Tööandja maksab töötajale töö eest tasu.
teenistuja deprecated
Good to know
  • Asjaõigusseaduses X0004 kasutatud termin 'teenistuja' on inglise keeles 'servant'. [18.05.1999]
employee preferred
Usage examples
  • Directive 86/378/EEC of 11/12/86 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in occupational social security schemes provides for equal treatment in occupational schemes for employees and the self-employed.
worker
Good to know
  • a general term that includes both the factory and clerical personnel of business and industrial organisations but not employees above the rank of superintendent, i.e. all who are performing direct labour and most of those performing indirect labour
employed person
Usage examples
  • Paragraph 1 shall not apply to fiscal provisions, to those relating to the free movement of persons nor to those relating to the rights and interests of employed persons.
employed worker
Usage examples
  • ... to ensure at appropriate levels the development of the social rights of workers of the European Community, especially employed workers and self-employed persons ...
Arbeitnehmer
työntekijä

Haridussõnastik

ID 746933 Last modified 07.05.2024
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Domain isikkutsekõrg
töötaja preferred
Beschäftigte
  • töötegija asutuses, ettevõttes vm
töötaja preferred
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