Can employer do this?

[Sianholby]

Looking for some advice on this.
For most of 2020, like many others I was furloughed from my company during the pandemic before eventually being made redundant with the reason being the company wasn’t making enough money to pay my salary.

However 4 months on, my employer is now recruiting again for my position.

I was lucky enough to find another job but I was wondering if my old employer can do this? Surely they could have kept me on furlough until the business picked up again?

Think it might be worth talking to ACAS about this.

When exactly were you made redundant?

A lot of companies made redundancies between August - October when they started having to subsidise furlough. Especially September and October when they had to contribute 10% and 20% respectively.

Unfortunately there is no time period that has to elapse after redundancy before a company can recruit again if thre is a genuine upturn in business.

I was made redundant at end of October last year yet now they are recruiting again for the exact same position.

I would say that is quite reasonable, they are allowed to grow again if they think things have picked up.