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Managing employee absence is one of those HR areas that many businesses quietly muddle through without ever formalising. A quiet word here, a welfare chat there, perhaps a letter when things become persistent. For smaller employers, this informal approach has often...

From 7 April 2026, a new national enforcement body will have the power to investigate your business, issue enforcement notices, pursue civil proceedings against you, and publicly name you as a non-compliant employer. That body is the Fair Work Agency. This article...

For decades, the two-year qualifying period for unfair dismissal protection gave employers significant breathing room when managing new starters. A dismissal within the first two years carried relatively limited legal risk for most conduct or performance issues....

If you employ people in the UK, Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is about to get more expensive, more universal, and significantly harder to manage if your policies are not up to date. From 6 April 2026, two major changes take effect simultaneously under the Employment...

The Employment Rights Act 2025 is the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in a generation. Passed in December 2025, it introduces a wide range of new rights for workers and new obligations for employers across statutory sick pay, family leave, trade...