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.
If you were sent to prison, would you know how to rebuild your life? Would you be able to trust in an inclusive, fair and progressive employment system? Georgie Williams considers the first steps employers can take to open their doors to formerly incarcerated workers and be part of the DEI movement towards post-carceral reintegration.
In April, the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA) introduced significant changes to statutory sick pay (SSP) eligibility. How will these reforms influence employee attitudes to taking sick leave, and how can organisations adapt their processes and culture to achieve the best results? Caroline Green asked HR professionals to share their insights.
Flexible working is reshaping workplace expectations. With further changes due under the Employment Rights Act 2025 next year, Charlotte Wiseman and Olivia Arnold, of leading organisational consultancy Step Inside Group, explore the implications for HR teams, managers and employees, and outline a blueprint of what best practice looks like for organisations.
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.
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