General Law

Employment

0314-en RE340 Labour Law As of 11.07.2026


Gainful employment is an activity from which the person performing it hopes to obtain a material advantage of some kind, or which by its nature is usually performed for profit.

Deutsch

Erwerbstätigkeit 0314-de

Die Erwerbstätigkeit ist eine Tätigkeit, von der der Ausführende einen materiellen Vorteil irgendwelcher Art erhofft, oder die ihrer Natur nach gewöhnlich zu Erwerbszwecken ausgeübt wird.

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