frontier worker

Definition(s)

In the EU context , a worker who is employed in the frontier zone of an EU Member State but who returns each day or at least once a week to the frontier zone of a neighbouring country in which they reside and of which they are nationals.

Source(s)

Council Resolution of 20 June 1994 on limitation on admission of third-country nationals to the territory of the Member States for employment

Translations

BG: пограничен работник
CS: přeshraniční pracovník
DE: Grenzarbeitnehmer
EL: διασυνοριακός εργαζόμενος / μεθοριακός εργαζόμενος
EN: frontier worker
ES: trabajador transfronterizo
ET: piiriala töötaja
FI: rajatyöntekijä
FR: travailleur frontalier
GA: oibrí trasteorann
HU: határmenti ingázó (munkavállaló)
IT: lavoratore straniero frontaliero
LT: pasienio darbuotojas
LV: pārrobežu darba ņēmējs
MT: Ħaddiem ta’ mal-fruntiera
NL: grensarbeider
PL: pracownik przygraniczny
PT: trabalhador fronteiriço
RO: lucrător transfrontalier
SK: pracovník z prihraničnej oblasti
SL: obmejni delavec
SV: gränsarbetare
NO: arbeidstaker som grensependler (b); arbeidstakar som grensependlar (n)

Related Term(s)

Note(s)

1. The definition covers in particular third-country nationals entering the European Union from the neighbouring third-country in which they reside.
2. Contrary to 'cross-border workers', frontier workers work in the frontier zone of the neighbouring country.