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re-employ

British  

verb

  1. to take on (a previous employee) again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It came after the transport secretary gave P&O "one final opportunity" to re-employ staff on their previous wages.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2022

According to Rutter’s statement, the $25 million would “provide long-term cash flow for essential personnel to ensure that we can reopen the Center and re-employ our staff and musicians.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2020

It would help to re-employ workers who have lost jobs and get them trained for higher paying jobs.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2016

The petition, addressed to United’s chairman Kevin McCabe, was prompted by reports that the club are preparing to re-employ him on his release.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2014

His intelligence then passes all these means in review, connecting them and fixing them in his memory to re-employ them at pleasure in succeeding representations.

From The Drama by Irving, Henry Brodribb

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