Commentary and insights

Informed opinion, guidance and commentary on issues of interest to HR.

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  • Commentary and debate on HR and workplace practices.
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Your overview of employment law developments that are in the pipeline, where you can learn what's happening, what might be happening and what isn't happening. We also set out how you can start preparing for upcoming changes.

Latest items in Commentary and insights

  • Employment law 2025: Six key tasks for HR

    Date:
    6 January 2025

    In 2025, HR professionals face the unique challenge of dealing with business-as-usual employment law changes, such as increases in statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay, while also beginning their preparations in earnest for the looming Employment Rights Bill. We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year

  • Six tips to get your rewards right

    Date:
    18 December 2024

    With reward programmes making up such a large percentage of your organisation's budget, it's no surprise that HR needs to be able to explain and prove their ROI. You need to get them "right". Easy, not! To help you meet this challenge, award-winning HR leader and consultant and bestselling author Debra Corey sets out six things you need to think about and address.

  • The impact of the NICs increase on 2025 pay reviews: Stories from HR

    Date:
    12 December 2024

    The announcement of National Insurance Contributions (NICs) increases in the October Budget has had an impact on many organisations' 2025 pay rise plans. We look at the expected effect on pay award budgets.

  • Five HR priorities for 2025

    Date:
    11 December 2024

    As 2024 draws to a close, HR teams are turning their attention to the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead in 2025. Insights from our annual HR departments research reveals the five key areas where HR professionals will focus their efforts in the coming year, from leader and manager development to enhancing employee wellbeing.

  • AI fundamentals: AI's expanding role in HR in 2024 and predictions for 2025

    Date:
    9 December 2024

    AI continued to transform HR in 2024. In this review of the year's major technological movements, Tessa Hilson-Greener, author of HR2035, looks at the key tool performers and uptake trends, and offers some predictions for 2025.

  • Employment Rights Bill: 10 key policies employers must revamp

    Date:
    6 December 2024

    The Employment Rights Bill packs 28 imposing employment law reforms into its 158 pages. While HR professionals await the substantive details needed to flesh out the Bill, we outline the key policies that you will need to update and an overview of what those updates might involve.

  • On your radar

    Date:
    5 December 2024

    Updated to include information about amendments to the Employment Rights Bill and swearing in the workplace.

  • Employment Rights Bill essentials: Gender equality action plan

    Date:
    4 December 2024

    In the first of a new series delving into the details of the Employment Rights Bill, we look at the plan to require large employers to publish an action plan on the steps that they are taking to address the gender pay gap and support employees going through the menopause.

  • UK vs US: Who comes out on top for employee rights?

    Date:
    27 November 2024

    On both sides of the Atlantic, global employers are bracing themselves for the wide-ranging changes to key employee rights that are on the horizon.

  • Ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting - five tips to help organisations improve their data and outcomes

    Date:
    25 November 2024

    Although the formal Bill is yet to be published, the Government has outlined plans to require organisations with 250 and more employees to report their ethnicity and disability pay data. To prepare HR leaders for this change, Brightmine and HR Grapevine convened a roundtable discussion to address the practical and cultural challenges of expanded pay gap reporting.

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