Strategic HR
This is 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, as well as how you can start preparing for upcoming changes.
Workplace grievances written with the assistance of generative AI are on the rise, increasing the pressure on HR departments and line managers. Katherine Pope offers guidance to help employers deal fairly and efficiently with lengthy, legal citation-rich documents that sometimes obscure rather than reveal the core issues.
The Employment Rights Bill, described as "the greatest shift in employment legislation in decades", received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025 and passed into law as the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA). That doesn't mean all the workplace law reforms it contains came into force immediately, however. Here we set out the changes that have been enacted so far - and what HR should do about them.
There is a lot we know about the zero hours contract measures contained in the Employment Rights Act 2025 - and quite a lot we still don't know about how they will work in practice when they are finally implemented next year. Rochelle Murinas offers guidance on how organisations can begin to prepare in the face of uncertainty.
The Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA) is reshaping UK employment law, but it is not happening overnight - the first major cluster of changes have now taken effect, with further implementation phases announced - and that presents an opportunity, says Caroline Green.
Mentorship and sponsorship are often treated as interchangeable, but they play very different roles in career progression - particularly for women. Vernujaa Nagandiram explains why a system of formal, evenly distributed sponsorship is key to achieving more equitable professional outcomes.
Workforce pressures, shrinking budgets, an uncertain future and rising redundancies all point to one reality: the need for HR to do more with less. Caroline Green talked to a group of HR professionals to examine the lows, and surprising highs, that accompany tackling that challenge, and offers practical ways organisations can cope.
The progress of the Employment Rights Bill through Parliament to get Royal Assent and become the Employment Rights Act 2025 has taken longer than expected. What caused the delays, what happens next, what are the potential implications for HR of the delays, and what is Brightmine doing to support HR to prepare for implementation?
Are you ready for the trade union-related reforms contained in the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA)? We report on a recent roundtable discussion, organised by Brightmine and HR Grapevine, at which leading employers discussed their strategies to make a success of the new legislation.
Following the Act finally receiving Royal Assent in December 2025, employment law specialist Darren Newman presented a Brightmine webinar on this multi-pronged piece of legislation in which he tackled questions - some straightforward, some more arcane - submitted by attendees. Here he tackles some of the questions he didn't have time for during the session and revisits key points.
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