The right to reinstatement of an injured worker's employment does not apply to which category of workers?

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Reinstatement rights are tied to having an ongoing, guaranteed job with the employer after returning from medical clearance. Temporary workers, who are hired for a specific assignment or through a staffing agency, don’t have a guaranteed, ongoing position with that employer to return to, so there isn’t a definite vacancy the employer is obliged to reinstate. Seasonal workers, workers operating under a hiring hall with a collective bargaining agreement, and those still in a probationary period all sit in situations where the employer-employee relationship is more formally recognized or preserved by contract or policy, so reinstatement rights apply or are preserved. In short, the temporary nature of a temp assignment is why the right to reinstatement doesn’t apply to them.