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COVID-19 employment law webinar with Aaron & Partners gap personnel group recently hosted two live webinars with law firm Aaron & Partners to help businesses across the UK gain clarity on COVID-19 employment law. Around 200 people joined us live, and we answered questions on topics including: Fur...

While 4-million people in the UK already worked from home before the Coronavirus outbreak, there’s many who have only just started. If you’re one of the latter, your new working environment might feel like a big lifestyle change. You’ve lost your usual routine, you’re working by yourself and ever...

Acing your job interview The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we recruit and how you find work. Gone are the days (for now, at least) of coming into branch for your interview. Now we’ll conduct it virtually; meeting and assessing your suitability, often for the first time, via video call....

Useful resources for employers during COVID-19 Despite the current circumstances, we are still fully operational across the UK so if you need support recruiting new staff (temporary or permanent) please phone or email your local gap healthcare team and we can help. We recently hosted two webinars...

Useful COVID-19 resources for workers and candidates Our consultants are recruiting remotely and looking for candidates to fill key worker healthcare positions in nursing homes, residential care homes, mental health, supported living and children's residential services. We’re also increasingly re...

How we are supporting you through COVID-19 last updated 26/05/2020 Our number one priority from the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic has been everybody’s safety. That’s our clients, and candidates and employees. Here’s what steps we’ve taken and how we’ve been adapting to the situation: Rolled out...

All changes are from 1st April 2020 National Living Wage (NLW) is the minimum hourly wage that employers must legally pay to workers aged 25 and above. From Wednesday 1st April 2020, the NLW increased by 6.2% - the biggest percentage increase ever. The hourly rate rose from £8.21 to £8.72 which m...

Recruitment company gap personnel group has been named as one of The Sunday Times' Top 100 Best Mid Companies to Work For 2020. The list, which is based on survey responses from the company's own team, ranked gap personnel as the 69th Best Mid Company to Work For in the UK and the 51st Best Compa...

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we've filmed a short video series starring our own apprentice's talking about their journeys, what they've learned and what advice they'd give to others considering the same route. #LookBeyond #NAW2020 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos.

It’s estimated that in our lifetime we spend approximately 90,000 hours at work. Sound depressing? Well, it doesn’t have to. Not if you truly enjoy your job, get along with your co-workers and love the environment you work in. I’ve only been a member of the gap personnel team for three weeks now,...