Lay'd Off and not delivered what was packaged

[1needinghelp]

MA.
I was lay'd off in January of this year and the corporation for which I had worked gave me a decent compensation package, or so I thought. My severance check was a month late, and the preferred status for possible re-hire is a sham. The company lists jobs on their "preferred jobs" website and those lay'd off are suppose to have "preferred" consideration. 11 positions for this company which I more than qualify for, and 1 that was exactly what I was doing before I was lay'd off have been posted on Monster.com and NOT on the "preferred job website". Is this action classable as I know several people who have also had issues.

[cbg]

Unless you had a contract saying otherwise, the company is not legally bound to rehire anyone at all. "Preferred consideration" is not a guarantee of rehire.

[1needinghelp]

Is it not unjust for them to say we have prefered status to look at a particular website and the website not have available jobs that have been posted to the public?

[cbg]

Maybe. But unjust is not illegal.