permanent staff

Ongoing workforce members

Permanent staff are employees hired for ongoing, indefinite positions rather than temporary or contract work.

They typically receive full benefits and job protections that temporary workers don't: The company is converting some contractors to permanent staff.

The term appears most often in workplace discussions about hiring, budgets, and workforce stability.

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employment duration/stability

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Brief-term employees

seasonal workers · relief staff · on-call workers · day laborers · temporary workers

organizational relationship

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Hired service providers

independent contractors · freelancers · consultants · agency workers · subcontractors

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