What exactly does “no rehire status” mean?
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What exactly does “no rehire status” mean?
I was forced to resign from facility “A” in 04/09. I was subsequently hired at facility “B” in 06/09. At the time I was hired by facility “B”, 51% of it was owned by facility “A”. In 10/10, facility “A” bought out the remaining 49% of facility “B”. I had worked there with excellent evaluations and the respect and support of co-workers and supervisors. In 11/10 HR of facility “A” told me that I was not being rehired because I was on a “no rehire list.” This was the first time that I had been informed of this. Is an employer obligated to inform you such a thing?
Asked on March 11, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Ohio
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
This all depends on if this is a partial governmental entity, which is usually when stuff like this occurs or if this is solely a privately owned and has been a privately owned entity. If you were on a no rehire status from facility A, and A was still a partial (minority)owner of B, then either you should have not been hired into B period or informed at the time of application your employment may change because if A takes over B entirely, you would still be considered a no rehire. This seriously sounds personal and someone is trying to take a back door to kick you out. If you were never informed of this status, then that is not your problem and if you have been given great evaluations, then what the company is trying to do is purely retaliatory based on your forced resignation from A. This is all of course based on assumptions that you did not do anything wrong at facility A and resigned out of the options given to you because you didn't think you had many options and did not wish to be fired. I would say contact your state's department of labor but before you do, at least consult with a labor lawyer in your state who either has significant experience with your industry in which you work or with the type of business model this company has.
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