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  • Date:
    25 November 2025
    Type:
    Case studies

    Embedding culture intelligence within the NHS

    Bernadette Thompson OBE, Director of People and Culture at North Middlesex Hospital, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, talks to Shelagh Prosser about advancing cultural intelligence within the NHS, drawing on her experiences at Barts Health NHS Trust and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust over the past three years.

  • Date:
    20 November 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Making sense of the Employment Rights Bill: A day in the life of an HR consultancy

    Current legislation provides employees with a wide range of protections, and many small, owner-managed businesses already feel overwhelmed by their obligations, especially when they operate without an internal HR function. How can these organisations prepare effectively for the Employment Rights Bill? Rochelle Murinas, managing director of HR consultancy DJH People and HR Limited, explores the role of HR consultancies and the challenges they are hearing about.

  • Date:
    20 November 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill implementation timetable: What Parliamentary delays mean for HR

    The progress of the Employment Rights Bill through Parliament has stalled, as it continues to flit between the House of Lords and the House of Commons before it receives Royal Assent and becomes an Act of Parliament. What happens next, what are the potential implications for HR of any Parliamentary delays, and what is Brightmine doing to support HR professionals to prepare for implementation?

  • Date:
    18 November 2025
    Type:
    News

    Employment Rights Bill: Parliamentary ping-pong persists

    The Parliamentary ping-pong over the Employment Rights Bill continued this week, with various provisions being sent back from the House of Lords for further review and debate in the Commons.

  • Date:
    17 November 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill - the whats and whens of the trade union-related reforms

    With the Employment Rights Bill nearing the end of its journey through Parliament, Laura Merrylees, senior legal editor at Brightmine, is joined by Nick Chronias, a partner at DAC Beachcroft, to discuss the Bill's many trade union-related changes.

  • Date:
    13 November 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    The Employment Rights Bill will soon receive Royal Assent - are you ready?

    With the Employment Rights Bill likely to receive Royal Assent in the coming weeks, Caroline Green talks to a group of HR professionals from a variety of sectors, including HE and adult learning, transport, real estate, law and consultancy, to find out how organisations are feeling about it and to suggest some next steps of how to prepare for the Bill's different strands.

  • Type:
    Training

    Appraisals - line manager training

    Reviewed and updated to reflect best practice for line managers when conducting appraisals, including a new version of the PowerPoint presentation and quiz. 

  • Date:
    6 November 2025
    Type:
    News

    Employment Rights Bill: MPs reject Lords' amendments again

    Parliamentary ping-pong resumed yesterday when the Employment Rights Bill returned to the House of Commons and MPs voted to reject peers' amendments on day-one unfair dismissal rights, zero-hours contracts and trade union ballot thresholds.

  • Date:
    3 November 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Rethinking how your organisation supports new parents

    In this episode of the podcast Zeba Sayed, senior legal editor at Brightmine, talks to Becs Peedell, employment lawyer at Lewis Silkin, about her organisation's equal new parent policy - and how it is seeking to encourage other firms to follow suit.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Equality, diversity and inclusion: The business case

    Updated with more recent data and research on the diversity within workplaces.

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