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A person who provides labor to others and receives wages in return. Current laws define workers without distinguishing between mental and physical laborers, referring to them collectively as workers. The Labor Standards Act defines a worker as 'a person who provides labor for the purpose of wages in a business or workplace, regardless of the type of occupation' (Article 14 of the Labor Standards Act). This is because the purpose of the law is to protect workers' working conditions and supervise employers, requiring that workers provide labor under the actual subordinate relationship to the employer, following the employer's direction and supervision. In contrast, the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act defines a worker as 'a person who lives on wages, salaries, or other equivalent income, regardless of the type of occupation' (Article 2, Item 1 of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act).