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re-employment

British  

noun

  1. the act or an instance of employing or being employed 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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Workers who lose jobs in fields hit by automation take a month longer to find new jobs and suffer 3% real earning losses after re-employment compared with workers displaced from other fields.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

"She took no action in relation to that alleged conduct until a month after her dismissal and then only after her attempts to obtain either re-employment or compensation had failed," he said.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2025

“By pushing for termination, the district is taking a punitive approach that will deny workers re-employment rights,” said Max Arias, executive director of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2021

“Our attention is focused on supporting Washingtonians with re-employment and increasing vaccination to ensure our economic recovery continues.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 12, 2021

I pictured the return of a disgraced and penitent Brenda, and the temporary re-employment, as an antidote to gossip, of the defeated Banks.

From The Jervaise Comedy by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford

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