Adelina owns her own business.Odilon is an unpaid worker in his family's business.Who is included in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' "employed" category?

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines "employed" as those who did any paid work for at least one hour in the previous week or those who are self-employed and worked at least 15 hours in the previous week. Adelina qualifies as self-employed, and it is not specified whether she has any paid workers or not, so we cannot assume that she is the only one included. Odilon, although unpaid, is still doing work for a family business, which would likely qualify as at least one hour of "paid work" in the previous week, so he would also be included as "employed" according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics definition.

Adelina Owns Her Own Business