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- Date:
- 2 April 2026
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- Commentary and insights
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.
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- FAQs
The national minimum wage rates increased on 1 April 2026. Employers should be aware that the apprentice rate applies only during the first year of the apprenticeship, or if the apprentice is under 19.
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- How to
Increased national minimum wage rates apply from 1 April 2026. The rate apprentices must be paid depends on their age and whether they are still in the first year of their apprenticeship.
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- Type:
- Editor's choice
We have launched two new topics covering Northern Irish employment law and Scottish employment law, to help our users with locations there to keep track of any differences in legislation.
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- Employment law guide
This guide sets out the differences between the law on training in Scotland compared with the rest of Great Britain (England and Wales).
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- Contract clauses
Updated to reflect a legislative change that reduces the minimum duration of an apprenticeship from 12 to eight months, for apprenticeships starting on or after 1 August 2025.
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- Legal timetable
The Apprenticeships (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/599) reduce the minimum duration of the practical period of apprenticeships in England from 12 to eight months.
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- Letters and forms
A model form to record an outline of the objectives and agree a schedule for specific activities to be shadowed over a period of time.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Leading practice guidance discussing how organisations can prepare to implement a coaching initiative.
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- Leading practice guides
Enhanced by creating five separate guides on coaching, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide covers what coaching is and the benefits it can bring to an organisation.