Keeping Holiday Records: New Legal Requirements
This resource covers the legal new duty for employers to keep detailed records of annual leave and holiday pay.
Immigration compliance checklist for 2026
This resource covers the changes to SSP that took effect on 6 April 2026, and how employers should calculate sick pay going forward.
SSP Reforms – Summary and Flowchart
This resource covers the changes to SSP that took effect on 6 April 2026, and how employers should calculate sick pay going forward.
Middle East Uncertainty: Workplace Implications
Recent events in the Middle East have triggered widespread disruption across global energy markets and transport networks.
Employment Facts and Figures Guides
This guide is a reference for all of the useful facts and figures from redundancy pay to the national living wage, from April 2026 to 2027.
Guide to The Employment Rights Act 2025
This guide summarises the key changes in the Act to help you understand and prepare for what’s to come.
Holiday Entitlement Factsheet
This factsheet covers employers’ most frequently asked questions, providing practical guidance and worked examples to help you get it right, every time.
Effective Probations and New Unfair Dismissal Rights
Considering dismissing an employee during their probation but worried about the risks?
Download: Excluding Employees Factsheet
Exclusion in the workplace can be subtle but damaging. From missing out on informal chats to being left off team activities, even small, everyday exclusions can create a hostile work environment and carry serious legal risks. Employment Tribunals treat persistent, targeted exclusion seriously, and
employers who fail to act may face significant payouts – as a recent case has shown.
Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Embracing neurodiversity in the workplace brings incredible benefits like creativity, innovation, and unique problem-solving skills.
Guide to Industrial Action Changes in the Employment Rights Act 2025
The Employment Rights Act 2025 (“the Act”) represents the biggest change in employment law for a generation. Many changes relate to Trade Unions and industrial action, with a view to promoting more collective bargaining within workplaces. This guide examines the main changes regarding industrial action, when they are likely to come into force, and what practical steps employers should be taking to prepare.
Trade Union Changes in the Employment Rights Act 2025
The Employment Rights Act 2025 (“the Act”) represents the biggest change in employment law for a generation. Many changes relate to Trade Unions and industrial action, with a view to promoting more collective bargaining within workplaces. This guide examines the main changes regarding Trade Unions, when they are likely to come into force, and what practical steps employers should be taking to prepare.
Acas Early Conciliation Changes
Early conciliation (EC) is a pre-claim process designed to help employers and employees resolve workplace disputes before they reach an Employment Tribunal. It’s generally initiated by the employee, who must notify Acas if they are considering bringing a claim.
Once started, an Acas conciliator contacts both parties to explore whether the dispute can be resolved informally. If no agreement is reached, Acas issues a certificate allowing the employee to proceed with a claim.
This mandatory process has been in place since 2014.
Immigration compliance and workforce planning priorities for UK employers
UK immigration rules changed significantly in 2025 — and the direction of travel is clear. Sponsoring migrant workers is becoming more expensive, more complex and more heavily enforced. Skill and salary thresholds have increased, sponsorship routes have narrowed, and the Home Office is placing greater weight on historic compliance.
Supporting your Muslim employees during Ramadan
Ramadan is expected to begin on or around 18 February 2026 and will last for approximately 30 days, ending with the celebration of Eid Ul-Fitr. During Ramadan, many Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset and increase acts of worship such as prayer, reflection and charitable giving. Fasting can have an impact on energy levels, working patterns and annual leave request. As an employer, you should consider how best to support employees observing Ramadan, while ensuring fairness and compliance with equality law.