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During the month of June, we have continued to support clients with recruitment and so far over 50% of vacancies have been filled, and we have a number that are at the final interview stage.  We anticipate once these final stage interviews are completed, we will have nearly 100% of vacancies advertised in June filled.  Our recruitment packages offer flexibility for our clients, as they can choose how much involvement they would like from our side.

At our mid-year review, Lynn shared an update on the admin support team, where we support some clients with a full outsourced HR service, or other clients that require occasional admin support.

The Admin Support Team have so far this year issued salary review letters, and over 145 contracts, more than 100 contract amendments and over 75 job offers. A total of 49 recruitment projects have been successfully closed year to date.  The team have undergone training on topics such as holiday calculations, dashboard usage, and how to conduct HR system demonstrations. Although Breathe HR is our preferred software model, we have clients that use other systems, and our team are multi-skilled on all of these platforms.  This reflects our focus on providing efficient, high-quality administrative support that enables our clients to operate effectively.

Our HR team have been extremely busy across the month of June. Work has continued across both retainer and non-retainer clients, covering a range of matters including an ongoing whistleblowing case and the completion of a disciplinary process. It has also involved supporting ongoing restructure meetings, concluding various disciplinary cases, welfare meetings and completing site visits.

We have also been providing advice in relation to a potential redundancy situation. This demonstrates our continued commitment to delivering responsive, tailored HR support to meet the needs of our clients. We have seen some of our team on holiday during the month of June, but due to the depth of our team, we have been ensured our client delivery has been as high as non-holiday months.  This is essential for our clients as they require quick responses to their HR needs.

We continue to solve problems for our clients, and this has included various grievances, certificate of sponsorship licence applications, long-term sick and managing general day to day case management.