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- Type:
- How to
Updated with practical guidance on the Government's announcement that it will reduce the qualifying period for unfair dismissal to six months, rather than removing it entirely.
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- Date:
- 14 October 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Date:
- 8 October 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The Employment Rights Bill packs an imposing number of employment law reforms into its 330 pages. With Royal Assent imminent, we outline the key policies that you will need to update.
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- Date:
- 17 September 2025
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, looks at three recent tribunal cases relating to probationary periods, and discusses the upcoming introduction of a day-one right to claim unfair dismissal.
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- Date:
- 9 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
With the Employment Rights Bill set to strengthen day-one rights, probationary periods are under greater scrutiny. We explore how organisations are responding and reflect on the challenges they face in making probation both fair and effective.
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- Date:
- 30 July 2025
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Join employment law specialist Darren Newman as he looks at employers' legal obligations and discusses specific scenarios where probationary periods commonly go wrong. Darren also looks at what employers can do now to prepare for the changes promised in the Employment Rights Bill.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three cases where employers acted unlawfully when dismissing employees for performance during the probationary period.
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- Date:
- 4 June 2025
- Type:
- News
More than 100 companies in the facilities management sector have warned of 'deep concerns' and 'unintended consequences' of the Employment Rights Bill.
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- Date:
- 6 December 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The Employment Rights Bill packs 28 imposing employment law reforms into its 158 pages. While HR professionals await the substantive details needed to flesh out the Bill, we outline the key policies that you will need to update and an overview of what those updates might involve.
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- Date:
- 5 July 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The UK has a new Government - what are the implications for the people profession? In our recent webinar, we set out the top 10 possible employment law changes heralded by the election - and then asked attendees to tell us which of these changes were likely to have the biggest impact on their organisations. Here we count down the top three most significant proposals, as voted by HR professionals.