Half of GPs claim the new fit note system has not helped people keep their job during an illness, according to research conducted by ComRes on behalf of Legal & General.
The research also shows 47% of GPs disagree that the new system gives them a clearer role in helping people keep their jobs during an illness.
Multi-sector recruiter career moves strengthened its team with new appointments.
Lucy Peel joins as account manager for temps, while Kelly Howe has been promoted to head of career moves.
Peel will job share with Sarah Savage, senior account manager for temps.
Olivia Woodhead joins as resourcer and Annetta Troth is career moves’ business enhancement consultant.
The 2008 winner of The Apprentice, former recruiter Lee McQueen is the latest addition to interactive video-based website bemyinterviewer.co.uk from Jobsite.co.uk.
A complaint against hospitality recruiter International Hospitality Recruitment (IHR) has not been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.
HR business process outsourcing (BPO) organisation Talent2 has restructured its business under four service offerings: HR advisory, recruitment, payroll and learning.
Meanwhile, the firm’s London office is opening a new media, sports & entertainment practice, led by Alistair Waddington, previously with IMG Media, and is also set to launch an interim appointments practice.
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) does not feel threatened by the arrival of the Institute of Recruiters (IOR), the staffing industry newest professional body, according to APSCo’s chief executive.
US managerial recruitment activity fell for the third month in a row, with a loss of 2.1 points, according to July’s ‘CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index’.
The Index, which measures managerial hiring activity online, is 8.7 points lower than it was in July last year.
Recruitment-to-recruitment headhunter Peritus Consultants has moved to new offices in Wilmslow.
The firm was launched last November by Gary Cox.
HR consulting, outsourcing and investment services provider Mercer has appointed Mark Moorton as UK head of human resources.
Moorton joins Mercer from Specsavers where he was International HR director. Prior to that he was HR and engagement director at AXA PPP Healthcare and HR director at publishing group Centaur Communications.
International IT recruiter E-Resourcing has opened an office in the Thames Valley.
The new office is five minutes’ walk from Slough rail station and is managed by Ian Pratt.