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  • Date:
    8 December 2025
    Type:
    News

    Business lobby did not agree to scrapping compensation limit

    A week is a long time when it comes to the Employment Rights Bill. Rob Moss rounds up 'What just happened?' - after the government tabled an amendment to scrap the compensation limits for unfair dismissal.

  • Date:
    5 December 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    HR departments research 2025

    Our annual HR departments research explores how HR departments are operating and evolving to meet the changing needs of their organisation.

  • Date:
    5 December 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Top HR priorities for 2026

    From navigating major employment law reforms to boosting line manager capability, our latest HR departments research reveals the initiatives that will define HR strategy in the year ahead.

  • Date:
    4 December 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Inside HR: What drives, challenges and divides the profession?

    What does it feel like to work in HR today? We share insights from HR professionals across all levels, highlighting the realities of the job and what makes a role in HR rewarding.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Internal transfers and promotions: financial services

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  • Date:
    1 December 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill - preparing for the April 2026 changes

    Join the Brightmine team as they guide listeners through the Employment Rights Bill's bumpy journey through Parliament and offer practical advice on how HR professionals can prepare for the legislative changes expected to come into force in early 2024.

  • Date:
    27 November 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Who faces the greatest challenges from the Employment Rights Act 2025 - and how can HR help?

    As the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 start to come into force, all organisations will need to adapt. But certain sectors and business types, such as SMEs, those with fluid or casual workforces and unionised environments, face the steepest learning curves.

  • Date:
    26 November 2025
    Type:
    News

    Autumn Budget 2025: Salary sacrifice hit and tax thresholds frozen

    Tax thresholds will remain frozen and pension salary sacrifice will no longer be exempt from National Insurance, the Chancellor has confirmed in today's Budget.

  • Date:
    26 November 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Employment Rights Act 2025 - HR's countdown to April 2026

    HR professionals must ready themselves for the first big tranche of changes taking place in April 2026. In this webinar, recorded shortly before the Employment Rights Act 2025 passed into law, we explain what these amendments are and what employers can do to prepare for them.

  • 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.

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