Commentary and insights

All items: Probationary periods

  • Mind the confidence gap! How to make a success of probationary periods

    Date:
    14 October 2025

    With the Employment Rights Bill set to introduce a day-one protection against unfair dismissal, probationary practices are going to come under increasing scrutiny. Our research shows that probation fails less often from weak policies and more from managers lacking the support and training to apply one effectively - a weakness organisations are reluctant to address.

  • Employment Rights Bill: 10 key policies employers need to revamp

    Date:
    8 October 2025

    The Employment Rights Bill packs an imposing number of employment law reforms into its 330 pages. With Royal Assent imminent, we outline the key policies that you will need to update.

  • 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.

  • Labour takes charge: Employment law changes likely to impact HR

    Date:
    5 July 2024

    The UK has a new Government - what are the implications for the people profession? In our recent webinar, we set out the top 10 possible employment law changes heralded by the election - and then asked attendees to tell us which of these changes were likely to have the biggest impact on their organisations. Here we count down the top three most significant proposals, as voted by HR professionals.

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