MEDICAL,USA: 1. Person who performs a service for someone else under employment or contract for hire. A contract can be expressed or implied or oral or written. 2. Under Medicare Secondary Payer guidelines, this is defined as an individual who is working for an employer or an individual who, although not actually working for an employer, is receiving from an employer payments that are subject to Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes or would be subject to FICA taxes except that the employer is exempt from those taxes under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).
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UK: Anyone under a contract of service as opposed to a contract for services. The difficulty in making the distinction has led to the development of legal tests. To avoid legal disputes the insurer defines ’employee’ broadly in employers’ and public liability policies (the latter for the purpose of an exclusion). The definition extends to: labour gangs, sub-contractors, self-employed persons, persons hired or borrowed by the insured, volunteers, etc. The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act definition is: ‘An individual who has entered into or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship with any employer, whether by way of manual labour, clerical work, or otherwise, whether such contract is expressed or implied, or oral or in writing.’ See EXEMPT EMPLOYEES; EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP.
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One who performs services for another under a contract of hire; acting under the Direction and control of the person by whom he is hired.