Made redundant due to COVID19: Old job re-advertised

[rnblueeyes]

Hi everyone,

I was made redundant from my old job which I started on 2nd March on 31st March due to outbreak of COVID-19. I wasn't able to be furloughed.

However, I noticed the company has re-advertised my old job recently. They've altered the job title slightly but the job description and nature of the role remains exactly the same.

Just wondering if I should contact my old employer about this? I was under the impression when I was made redundant that they couldn't afford to keep me on. I left on good terms so am a bit surprised they haven't contacted me to see if I want my old role back and I'm apprehensive to apply again. I am also aware that this could just be protocol to advertise the job before potentially offering me my old job again.

Thanks in advance!

I’m sure there are laws against this sort of thing, I’d definitely contact them and query it, just don’t commit to saying too much in writing in case there is a legal case here.

It’s entirely likely things have changed in the past 2.5 months. Unless you think you have been discriminated against and were dismissed because of a disability or something like that, then there’s nothing unlawful. If you’d like the job back, get in touch.

Ah I thought there was a rule about readvertising a role (or similar). But I don’t even know where I got that from. Still, I would definitely contact them.

@Babs709

Ah I thought there was a rule about readvertising a role (or similar). But I don’t even know where I got that from. Still, I would definitely contact them.

No. If OP had enough length of service to claim unfair dismissal (two years) then if the advertised very quickly she could potentially argue that the redundancy wasn’t genuine and claim unfair dismissal, as long as that happened within three months. But with very short service (or if things genuinely changed, which is entirely possible) there’s no claim.