"employee"

means—

(a)any person, excluding an independent contractor, who works or worked for another person or for the State, and who receives or received, or is entitled to receive, any remuneration; and
(b)any other person who in any manner assists or assisted in carrying on or conducting or conducted the business of an employer;

[Definition substituted by section (1)(c) of Notice No. 768, GG 41016, dated 2 August 2017]