How quickly can a company reintroduce a redundant role

6am

Hi,

In february this year my wife lost her job because her role has been made redundant. Now I see that the company adversises two positions for the same role in the same location. Are there any limits on how quickly the company can reintroduce the redundant role?

[Deleted User]

As far as I am aware there is no set time limit in which an employer cannot re-advertise a position previously made redundant

I am also of the opinion that redundancies occur so that the remaining company can get rid of higher paid staff to employ cheaper..

Wonder what happens if you were to re-apply (only say this because I'm approaching past employers, past job offer turn downs and actually have had some interesting results that I would never have believed)

sangie595

There is no period. But the rule of thumb is three months - after which you can't submit a tribunal claim for unfair dismissal. That said, the classic defence is that circumstances have changed since the redundancy, and that generally works anyway because it's almost impossible to prove otherwise.