Question by Oli-NYC: How does laying off an employee work?
Generally when someone gets fired from a job, they cannot return there. However, when an employee is laid off from a company because of the company’s’ budget, can that employee go back and work there after a couple of years assuming that the company has recovered from the budget deficit.
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Answer by Zeltar
Yes. An employee that has been laid off can be hired back. This is not uncommon. I’ve seen many employees return after just 6 months.
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Yes.
But don’t think that many companies aren’t using this time to get rid of some of their employees who don’t work as hard as the rest.
When someone is fired from a job, it is because they did not perform the job to expectations, violated company policy, did something illegal or unethical, abandoned their job, took too many days off, etc. That person would not be re-hired by the company because of their poor performance. In general, someone who is fired from a company is not eligible for unemployment benefits.
When someone is laid off, it is not due to any fault of the employee, rather it was caused by restructuring or budgetary constraints. Since it was not a performance problem, should a suitable job open up in the company, they would be considered for rehiring. As well, since the job was lost without fault by the employee, they would be eligible for unemployement benefits.