What does «empleado público» mean in Spanish?
- An employee whose employer is the state, i.e., a person who works for a government agency. It includes employees of the public administration: of a municipal, county, state or federal agency; of a state college or university; and of all entities regulated by public law. Usually, in order to become a public employee, a selection process must be passed, based on the constitutional principles of equality, merit and capacity; in addition, the call to occupy these positions must be public. In general, public employees may be classified as follows: