Strategic HR

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• Date:

  26 August 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  How AI is reshaping jobs: The emerging challenge and opportunity for HR

  AI's impact extends beyond efficiency gains. It also changes the mix of tasks, responsibilities and judgment that make up a role. Despite this, in many organisations job titles and job descriptions remain unchanged. Lilia Dangi examines how is AI changing roles in practice and how HR needs to respond.

• Date:

  25 August 2026

  Type:

  News

  Pressure grows for regulation of smart glasses as legal risks are revealed

  Employers should review their workplace policies as discreet smart glasses create fresh legal risks around data protection, confidentiality, privacy and workplace harassment.

• Date:

  24 August 2026

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Grievances research 2026

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way that workplace grievances are being raised and managed, with HR teams seeing changes in both the volume and the complexity of issues. This research explores the current grievances landscape at UK organisations to help understand the impact of AI on the grievances being submitted.

• Date:

  19 August 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment Rights Act 2025 Hub

  The Government has launched a consultation in relation to its draft revised tipping code of practice. Employers have until 29 September 2026 to respond to the consultation.

• Date:

  18 August 2026

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: What can HR professionals in the UK learn from legal reforms in India?

  India's employment law framework is undergoing a once-in-a-generation transformation. Robert Shore speaks to Trilegal partner Swarnima about the reforms, the rise in workplace complaints, and why UK HR professionals should be paying close attention.

• Date:

  17 August 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Cohesive crews and tenacious teams: Writing anti-harassment policies in challenging environments

  Major anti-harassment legislative changes are due to be implemented this October under the Employment Rights Act 2025 - are you ready? Drawing on their experience of working on board the largest ocean-going wooden ship in the world, Georgie Williams offers fresh perspectives on the vital importance of crowdsourcing when carrying out risk assessments and writing policies.

• Date:

  12 August 2026

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  HR for HR: Who are today's workers and how can HR support them?

  In the modern workplace, the idea of a "typical employee" has disappeared. For organisations, adapting to this shift requires more than policy updates - it demands a complete overhaul of how people are supported, managed and trusted. Caroline Green asks HR professionals how employers should rethink their approach to respond to increasingly varied workforce needs.

• Type:

  Help and support

  Brightmine: fast, reliable HR intelligence when it matters most

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Anti-sexual harassment policy

  A model policy to set out your organisation's commitment to preventing sexual harassment at work, including the procedure for raising and investigating complaints of sexual harassment. This policy forms part of a two-policy approach and should be used alongside our Anti-harassment and anti-bullying policy (harassment other than sexual harassment).

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Anti-harassment and anti-bullying policy (harassment other than sexual harassment)

  A model policy to set out your organisation's commitment to preventing bullying and harassment at work, including the procedure for raising and investigating complaints of bullying and harassment (other than sexual harassment). This policy forms part of a two-policy approach and should be used alongside our Anti-sexual harassment policy.