The modern enterprise identity landscape balances fluidity with permanence, yet “boomerang” hiring strains the systems built to manage it. HR-driven provisioning, designed to automate the worker lifecycle, often falters during rehire events. When a former employee returns, workflows must reconcile an existing digital footprint or create a new one. Failed correlation results in the “duplicate…
Rescinded Hire Architecture
February 20, 2026
The modern enterprise identity landscape relies on a delicate synchronization between Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) and technical directories. While the industry standard is the “Joiner, Mover, Leaver” (JML) framework, an increasingly dangerous edge case is emerging: the Rescinded Hire.
This situation arises when a future start date is entered into an HR system such as…
