Can a company lay a person off then advertise that they are hiring?

My friend was "layed off" from a job with no possibility of reinstatement. This employee had never been disciplined, never warned, he was told he was being layed off because he "showed a lack of urgency" even though his supervisor asknowledged that his work did get out on time and his quantity exceeded several other employees. He was told by another employee with the company that another supervisor and the owner of the company tried to talk his immediate supervisor into not letting him go but when he failed to listen they too got on board. Within hours of his lay off a sign was posted that they were accepting applications. Is it legal to do this to an employee? If he wasn't performing his duties to the satisfaction of his supervisor shouldn't he have been offered another position or at least counciled before this measure was taken? Basically he was fired. His supervisor did not like him and awarded his position to another employee that he got along better with.

Can a company lay a person off then advertise that they are hiring?greek theater

You won't like the answer but "yes" they can. Layed off for lack of urgency means they fired him and they have the right to hire someone else. If they would of told them that they were down sizing employement then he would of been deceived but he wasn't.

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Can a company lay a person off then advertise that they are hiring?

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