reassignment

American  

[ree-uh-sahyn-muhnt] / ˌri əˈsaɪn mənt /

noun

1. the act of assigning an employee, resources, etc., to a different position, task, or location.

2. a new position, task, etc. to which an employee has been assigned; the period or duration of such a position or task.

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Example Sentences

County officials said staffing impacts so far have been managed through reassignment rather than layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Kasia, the victim's daughter who was still living in Poland when Zablocka went missing, told police she believed her mother wanted to undergo gender reassignment surgery but could not afford to, Aspden said.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

He said the trust had some 8,000 employees and had to balance the "competing" rights of those with the "protected characteristics" of biological sex and gender reassignment.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

They point to Hochman’s reassignment of two prosecutors, Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford, who worked with Gascón on the Menendez motion and recommended the brothers be freed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

The day before Doug Swieteck came back, our principal reported during Morning Announcements that Mrs. Sidman had accepted “voluntary reassignment to the Main Administrative Office.”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt