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by CurtHagenlocher 495 days ago
Rules vary from state to state. But at least in Washington state, if you have "layoffs" then there are certain legal requirements that don't exist for "firings". One of them is that you can't hire someone for a substantially similar position for some period of time after the layoff. Facebook has specifically said that they want to replace the fired employees with new "higher quality" employees.