re-employ

(also reemploy)

verb [T] HR

Definition

› to give a job in a particular organization to someone who has worked there before: He told the 3,000 staff they were being made redundant, but hoped some might be re-employed by the stores' new owners.

re-employment noun [U] › She refused the offer of re-employment under a new contract.

(Definition of re-employ verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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