regular worker; permanent employee
Refers to a worker employed directly on a permanent, full-time basis, as opposed to temporary, part-time, or contract workers. Common in labor contexts.
The wage gap between regular and non-regular workers has become an issue.
He has been working as a permanent employee at the same company for many years.
Non-regular worker: includes part-time, temporary, contract, and dispatched workers, lacking the job security and benefits of 正規労働者.
Regular employee: a more common term for a permanent, full-time company employee, often used interchangeably with 正規労働者 but more specific to corporate employment.
Compound of 正規 (regular, formal) and 労働者 (worker, laborer).