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Lithuania’s Binary Worker Classification Vs. A Teleological Interpretation of the EU’s ‘Worker’ Concept by Germany and the UK Cover

Lithuania’s Binary Worker Classification Vs. A Teleological Interpretation of the EU’s ‘Worker’ Concept by Germany and the UK

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
Volume 17 (2024): Issue 2 (December 2024)
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|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2024-00019 | Journal eISSN: 2029-0454
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Language: English
Page range: 142 - 167
Submitted on: Jun 6, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 7, 2024
Published on: Jan 22, 2025
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Keywords:
Worker,
Employee,
Employment contract,
Employee-like person
Related subjects:
Law,
Law, other,
Social sciences,
Political science,
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