Rehiring practices

[mitchellfamily]

What is the name of your state? OHIO

My wife was interviewed and offered an independent contractor position with the company she just got laid off from. She had to have a background check completed which came back fine. They sent her a non disclosure form to fill out and send back in which she did. Two weeks later she finds out that they could not hire her for the independent contractor position due to internal legal issues.

I work for the same company and a mutual friend of ours at this company told me a week ago that HR was giving the people trying to hire my wife a hard time since my wife had just been laid off. In some of the past layoffs there have been clauses in the exiting agreement that the person could not work for the company for 12 months. This was not the case with the layoffs that just occurred and one of the managers asked HR specifically if that was the case and found out that there was no restriction!

Is there anything we can do in this situation?

[JETX]

"Is there anything we can do in this situation?"
*** No. The employer has the right to hire or not hire anyone they please as long as it was not done in violation of any of the 'protected species' (like age, disability, religion, race, ec.).

[mitchellfamily]

Seems like employers can do anything they pretty much want. What law was broken when the following happened?

Same company. Guy is laid off. Rehired within weeks. Guy sues company saying they didn't have a need to let him go.

[Beth3]

No law is broken. A company may layoff and rehire as they please, provided it's not done on the basis of age, race, gender, religion, etc.

There MUST be more to this guy's lawsuit than you are aware.