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 HR: pogranični radnik 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) KA: საზღვრისპირა მუშაკი UK: прикордонний працівник HY: առաջագծի աշխատող Related Term(s) border resident cross-border worker local border traffic 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.
