who worked on the day vs working on the day

Both phrases are correct, but they have different meanings and uses. 'Who worked on the day' is asking for the identification of people who worked on a specific day in the past. 'Working on the day' implies that someone is currently working on that particular day.

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who worked on the day

This phrase is correct and commonly used to inquire about the individuals who worked on a specific day in the past.

This phrase is used to ask for the names or identities of the people who were working on a particular day in the past.

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Well, it wasn't my time so much as the dozens of officers Who combed the city for her, And the four detectives who worked on the case all day.
Today's hearing is the result of a thorough investigation by a team of dedicated officers who worked day and night under difficult circumstances.
I worked on them day and night...
According to the records, these are the only cases you worked on the day before yesterday.
These are people who worked all day, who arrived at rehearsals at six, or five thirty at the earliest.
The city records says he worked the day shift.
We were worked on forthree days... by a team of specialists from the Pavlov Institute in Moscow.
But the secret service has regulations about side jobs, so I used the identity of a deceased a/v technician and worked on my days off.
Worked till the day he died.
Hotch wants a list of people who worked there the few days before mildred was killed.
You graduated from junior high and worked days in the factory.
We worked day and night to meet that original delivery schedule.
He could count to the days I worked double shifts forfree.
Some plants worked day and night, with three shifts, and on public holidays too.
I remember that my barber worked day and night so that his daughter could finish her degree in sociology.
For fourteen years after that he worked day and night to bring the perpetrators of those crimes to justice.
His pa wasn't around that much, and his ma worked days, so she dropped him off Saturdays.
Harris-san worked day and night... but the new way was as weak as the old.
He worked day and night to get the money to free me from that workhouse.
You worked day and night for years to put Coleman through medical school.

Alternatives:

Who was working on that day?
Who was on duty that day?
Who was present on that day?
Who was at work on that day?
Who was in the office on that day?

working on the day

This phrase is correct and indicates that someone is currently working on a specific day.

This phrase is used to describe the action of working on a particular day, indicating ongoing work or tasks being performed on that specific day.

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Some of the cameras that were looking directly at the area were not working on the day, I'm told.
I cross-referenced time cards to identify men who were working on the days of the murders, then eliminated those who did not have ready access to floors where the deaths occurred.
This is what she was working on the other day.
I'm working on the National Day speech.
Kwan was working on that conduit the day before he died.
I'm working on the Star Wars Day schedule.
NCBs shall transmit the data referred to in paragraph 3 by no later than 5 p.m. central European time on the working day following the reporting period.
The Commission will endeavour to transmit such documents on the working day following that on which they are received or issued.
The Commission is allowed a period of three months to take a decision on this request, commencing on the working day referred to above.
The Commission is allowed a period of three months to take a decision on this request, commencing on the working day referred to above.
The Commission has a period of three months to take a decision on this request, starting on the working day referred to above.
The Commission has a period of three months to take a decision on this request, starting on the working day referred to above.
Licence applications may be lodged with the competent authority of the Member State on Tuesdays, or if that is not a working day on the first such day following, by 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
They say he was working all day on the mess decks up until the drill.
Did Phil have you working on the floor all day?
The Member States shall notify the Commission each week of the quantities for which licence applications have been lodged, on the working day following Tuesday.
The Commission is allowed a period of three months to take a decision on this request, commencing on the working day referred to above.
All notifications, including notifications of nil applications, shall be made by telex or fax on the working day stipulated.
The Commission has a period of three months to take a decision on this request, commencing on the working day referred to above.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority is allowed a period of three months to take a decision on this request, commencing on the working day referred to above.

Alternatives:

Currently working on that day
Engaged in work on that day
Busy working on that day
Actively working on that day
Working on tasks on that day

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who worked on the day vs working on the day