復職

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 復職, read ふくしょく, and it combines 復, meaning return, with 職, meaning job or position.
• Basic usage: 復職 is returning to a former job or employment status after leave, treatment, or another period away.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Returning to an existing job rather than taking a new one
  • The forms are 復職する and 復職. The first is a planned return after recovery; the second concerns an existing employee who wants reinstatement and is meeting with the company.
• A return next month and a meeting with an employee seeking reinstatement
  • 長い療養を終えて来月から復職する。 — I will return to work next month after a long recovery.
  • 会社は復職を希望する社員と面談した。 — The company met with an employee who wished to be reinstated.