Unless you can prove it wasdiscrimination then no. Being laid off doesn't mean the position was terminated completely. It was terminated indefinitely. If the position was otherwise needed, employers are free to re-hire you or not. They do not have to fill once held positions with the same people.
no this is illegal
A person can start a new job the very next day. It all the depend on the company and the position in which the person is hired, sometimes a person may have to wait 3 weeks or more.
The company.
Longshoremen are selected and hired like anyone applying for a job. You first have to apply for the position. Then you will be interviewed. If you are what the company is looking for, you may be hired.
A Federal civil servant, or more commonly a bureaucrat.
What makes you the right person for this position
A lobbyishired person hired by a company or organization to "persuade" politicians to vote for or promote laws that benefit the hiring company/organization. Typically a lobbyist will have some political or legal background. Sometimes, though illegal, they can serve as a medium for "under the table" deals.
If there is enough information for a user to infer which company is being spoken of, and if the company is being spoken of in a manner that could cause loss of revenue, that could be construed as slander.
a company or a person that hired your husband or wife, so it's kinda like their boss.
Sometimes a very gifted reception can rise to the position of Office Manager. In my company a long time receptionist has recently doubled her income, when we moved her to the Office Manager position.
Unless hired by the government, no it will be illegal.
Yes.