Employee

What is the definition of employee according to GSIS Act and Social Security Act? This was once questioned in the Bar examination. 


GSIS Act: Employee or Member- Any person receiving compensation while in the service of an employer as defined herein, whether by election or appointment, irrespective of status of appointment, including barangay and Sanggunian officials;


Social Security Act: Employee - Any person who performs services for an employer in which either or both mental or physical efforts are used and who receives compensation for such services, where there is an employer-employee relationship: Provided, That a self-employed person shall be both employee and employer at the same time.