Updated to include data for October 2025 on the availability and recruitment of permanent and temporary staff from the KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs compiled by S&P Global in association with the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).
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.
This guide sets out the differences between the law on recruitment and selection in Scotland compared with the rest of Great Britain (England and Wales).
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.