Topics

Strategic HR

New and updated

  • Type:
    How to

    How to lead HR planning for the Employment Rights Act 2025

    Important changes under the Employment Rights Act 2025, including the right of trade unions to access workplaces and employer liability for third-party harassment are due to come into force on 30 October 2026. 

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Supporting whistleblowers: What is whistleblowing?

    Updated to reflect that whistleblowing protections now also cover disclosures about sexual harassment.

  • Date:
    2 April 2026
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Over-mentored but under-sponsored: A hidden barrier to women's progression

    Mentorship and sponsorship are often treated as interchangeable, but they play very different roles in career progression - particularly for women. Vernujaa Nagandiram explains why a system of formal, evenly distributed sponsorship is key to achieving more equitable professional outcomes.

  • Date:
    19 March 2026
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    HR for HR: Doing ever more with ever less - how HR can thrive

    Workforce pressures, shrinking budgets, an uncertain future and rising redundancies all point to one reality: the need for HR to do more with less. Caroline Green talked to a group of HR professionals to examine the lows, and surprising highs, that accompany tackling that challenge, and offers practical ways organisations can cope.

  • Date:
    18 March 2026
    Type:
    News

    AI mistrust costing businesses £29bn

    Mistrust in AI could be costing businesses £29bn in lost productivity, according to technology company UnlikelyAI.

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    On-demand webinars

    Access to on-demand versions of our webinars where we provide practical advice and guidance on topical HR issues.

  • 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. 

About this topic

HR and legal information and guidance relating to strategic HR.

Strategic HR: key resources

Leading practice guides: The complete list

Our leading practice 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. See a full list of our guides here.