[Vocabulary] One word for employee and volunteer

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pitagora04

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Dear all,

what would be the one word that includes employee(s) and volunteer(s) ?

Or even more: employee(s), volunteer(s), student(s), teacher(s), worker(s) ?

All I can think of is: person, people, staff, member.. But I think there should be some better words :)

Thanks...
 

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'People' would work. In what context do you want to use it? (You will get used to being asked this).
 

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'People' would work. In what context do you want to use it? (You will get used to being asked this).

Thanks for answering.

I need to create the parent class for Employee and Volunter in programming.
For example, as Vehicle is parent for Car and Ship.
 

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"Worker" would work for me. That can cover both paid and unpaid positions.
 

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Like Raymott I would use 'people', as 'worker' is already in the list.
 

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Denglish, please read this extract from the Posting Guidelines:


You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language. If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly in your post.
 
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