Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each category of Spanish public employee to its defining feature.
- Career civil servant
- Interim civil servant
- Employment-law staff
- Eventual staff
- Engaged on a labour contract
- Permanently appointed under administrative law
- Freely appointed and dismissed, leaving with the authority
- Temporarily appointed for justified reasons
Hints
- Two categories are governed by administrative law and two are not.
- The category that leaves with the appointing authority is advisory.
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- Career civil servant → Permanently appointed under administrative law
- Interim civil servant → Temporarily appointed for justified reasons
- Employment-law staff → Engaged on a labour contract
- Eventual staff → Freely appointed and dismissed, leaving with the authority
Why
The fourth is the one that most resembles a political appointment and is legitimate because it is transparent: eventual staff hold confidence and advisory posts, are appointed and dismissed freely, and depart with the authority that appointed them. The problems arise when other categories are used to do the same job.
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