Strategic HR

New and updated

• Date:

  4 March 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  On your radar - Employment Rights Act 2025 hub

  The Government has published guidance in advance of the introduction in 2027 of a requirement to publish gender pay gap and menopause action plans.

• Date:

  4 March 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment Rights Act 2025 implementation timetable: What Royal Assent means for HR

  Updated to reflect the Government's revised implementation timetable for measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025.

• Date:

  4 March 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  The ERA era - takeaways from our trade union reforms roundtable

  Are you ready for the trade union-related reforms contained in the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA)? We report on a recent roundtable discussion, organised by Brightmine and HR Grapevine, at which leading employers discussed their strategies to make a success of the new legislation.

• Date:

  26 February 2026

  Type:

  News

  Statutory sick pay changes valued most by staff and employers

  Changes to statutory sick pay will have the biggest impact on both workers and their employers, according to polling by Acas. The conciliation service found that - of the new measures introduced as part of the Employment Rights Act 2025 - the day-one right to statutory sick pay was the one considered to be most important.

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Leading practice guides: The complete list

  Updated to reflect the addition of a new series of Leading practice guides on organisation design. The Brightmine Leading practice guides guides provide strategic guidance on people management issues, so HR leaders can help their organisation be in the best place to meet its business goals. 

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Organisation design: The importance of continuous evaluation

  Guidance discussing the importance of ongoing evaluation throughout the whole organisation design process.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Organisation design: From theory to practice

  Guidance discussing how Galbraith's Star Model can be used to translate strategy into a framework for action, and who is responsible for organisation design.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Organisation design: What does effective organisation design look like?

  Guidance exploring the factors that contribute to successful organisation design choices and outcomes, with practical examples.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Organisation design: An end-to-end organisation design journey

  Guidance presenting the core components of an organisation design process across three broad stages: discovery, design, and delivery.

• Type:

  Leading practice guides

  Organisation design: What is it?

  Guidance explaining the meaning of "organisation design" and how the concept has evolved to reflect the realities of the modern working environment.