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Covid-19

The Covid-19 situation is continuously evolving so we will publish regular updates on this page - click here for our Covid-19 statement.

As we all face change in our day-to-day personal and business lives due to Covid-19, we want to reassure you, as much as we are able to, that we are taking the necessary steps to ensure the health and wellbeing of our people at work who partner with you, our candidates and our suppliers as well as our approach to business continuity.

What does this mean for our service to you?

The actions we are taking support our people to stay healthy and safe so they can continue to partner with you and our candidates. As an international business we have been closely following and adhering to regional government and local health authority guidance across our key regions. This means that we are only asking our people to return to work locations where it is safe to do so.

We are here to help you through this period, so please be reassured that we are fully operational across our Managed Services and Specialist Staffing businesses and our people are well prepared and well equipped to attract, engage and place talented, specialist people.

If you would like more information about our response to Covid-19, please do contact us here.

Using Tech during the pandemic
Leveraging technology in the “new normal”

As soon as lockdowns were announced by regional governments, our IT teams took swift action to ensure our global workforce was able to work effectively at home. Our people have adopted Teams, Zoom, Skype and our internal communication platform, Workplace, to stay in touch and to continue working with colleagues, customers and candidates alike.

Supporting the fight against Covid-19

We’ve stepped up to support national Covid-19 responses by supplying vital workers for important services; from ventilators and medical equipment in the US, vital support services in transport & logistics, supermarkets and the Public Sector in the UK, and medical professionals in Australia and New Zealand.

Rapid response to demand for contingent workers during the pandemic

Our customer delivers essential public services with over 500,000 employees working across seven operating divisions, including 16 hospitals across the UK. The outbreak of the pandemic led to demand rising for services across the customer’s healthcare estate resulting in a three-fold increase in temporary staff requirements in less than two months. In addition, the award of a call-handling contract for contact tracing meant the customer needed to recruit, train and deploy a huge number of staff in a matter of days. In response, Comensura implemented a bespoke, project-based volume fill model using recruitment agency partners with the geographic reach and specialism to fill each role. Around 2,000 contingent candidates were hired, with an average seven-day turnaround across the broad range of roles needed in the hospitals, pop-up hospitals, testing centres and contact tracing services managed by our customer.

Medacs Global Group (MGG) starts a “We Are Stronger Together” initiative

MGG people across all key regions that MGG operates in selected causes close to their hearts as part of their ‘We Are Stronger Together’ initiative. The initiative aimed to raise funds for a range of causes and brought MGG employees together across the globe to share their thanks, reinforcing the importance placed on their value “We care”; including an employee volunteering at the Cardiff Covid-19 antibody centre swabbing patients, MGG mini cul-de-sac laps, lunchtime pilates sessions in Australia and all the amazing marathon efforts.

Impellam people provide support through volunteering & donations

Many of our people across the world have volunteered to help support their communities through the pandemic. Skin cream for front line workers whose skin had been badly affected due to PPE, masks and face visor kits were produced and donated; meals were collected and delivered to primary schools and Covid-19 patients; and prescriptions and food were donated to those in need.