Public officials are obliging and attend infinitely to workers (5,8)

I believe the answer is:

civil servants

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'to workers' is the definition.
(civil servant is a kind of worker)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for civil servants that I've seen before include "Government employees" , "State employees" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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