Originally Posted by
Time Traveller
If it were to be restricted to people from one particular company, then it wouldn't appear legal. When my wife's company wants to recruit, even if they have a perfect candidate internally or from another company, they HAVE to advertise the vacancy publicly so that anyone is aware and eligible.
My wife is the same, and so I’m going to assume your wife also works in the public sector, as they must advertise nationally even if they have a preferred internal applicant.
the private sector can hire who they like (except for the obvious, race, religion at al.