Those restrictions are in place, to the point that there are requirements for advertising the job for a certain time, etc. One of the classic ways to get aroun

Those restrictions are in place, to the point that there are requirements for advertising the job for a certain time, etc. One of the classic ways to get around that one was quietly advertising the job on a company bulletin board or in a low-readership classified section, or something like that. Not sure if that loophole ever got fixed, but basically, companies game the system.