Managing employees/workers
Updated to include information about Government consultations on the Employment Rights Act 2025 measures relating to protection from detriments for taking industrial action and the threshold for triggering collective redundancy obligations.
Updated to include a new Bereaved partner's paternity leave policy (draft).
A model form to enable employees to provide notice of their entitlement and intention to take bereaved partner's paternity leave from 6 April 2026.
A model policy to set out employees' entitlement to bereaved partner's paternity leave from 6 April 2026.
Updated to include additional information on maternity benefit in the Philippines.
Updated to confirm that these measures are due to come into effect in 2027, according to the Government's updated timeline.
Updated to reflect that the Fair Work Agency will be established on 7 April 2026.
In April 2026, HR professionals face the challenge of dealing with business-as-usual employment law changes, such as increases in statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay, while also dealing with a raft of major changes introduced by the Employment Rights Act 2025. We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations this spring.
Updated to reflect that public-sector employers no longer have to publish facility time under changes brought in by the Employment Rights Act 2025, effective from 18 February 2026.
Updated to reflect that public-sector employers no longer have to publish facility time under changes brought in by the Employment Rights Act 2025, effective from 18 February 2026.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to managing employees/workers.