There has been a reorganisation. Can I be forced to apply for my own job?

You cannot be forced to apply for your own job following a reorganisation. However, if you chose not to do so you will have no chance of being appointed to the position. Consequently you could end up with no job and with your employment being terminated.

If this happens and you have been working for your employer for at least a year, you could make a claim for unfair dismissal.

Your employer's defence against such a claim would probably be that you were dismissed for 'some other substantial reason', a potentially fair reason for dismissal.

If under the reorganisation your previous job content was changed, so the new job was different and you did not apply for it, or were unsuccessful, you might be redundant and if you have the relevant two years' qualifying period of employment you could be entitled to a redundancy payment.