Council Jobs- Advertsing Laws

col

Can anyone tell me what laws govern local councils when recruiting please.

i.e do they legally have to advertise vancancies?

any links really appreciated

Thank you

Col

If this thread is supposed to be else where please move it :-)

CIS

They have the same rules as everyone else i.e in most cases jobs must be advertised externally.

Some job vacancies can be internal only and these don,t have to be externally advertised,I don't know what the actual laws are regarding this though.

seven-day-weekend

They do not have to advertise all jobs externally, some are advertised internally only. This is to do with not having to make staff redundant AFAIK.

I worked in five different posts for a council, and apart from the first, none were advertised externally.

col

The person was recruited externally but the position was not advertised

Scarlett1

col wrote:

The person was recruited externally but the position was not advertised

I used to work in HR and all jobs had to be advertised even though it was likely that someone internally would get it .

seven-day-weekend

Were they really external or did they come from another Local Authority on a transfer?

Or maybe just worked outside the Town Hall?

When I was a lollipop lady and never went near the Civic Centre, I was still a Council employee and eligible to apply for anything on the internal vacancy list, which is how I got my other jobs.