Right to work checks have long been part of the recruitment process, with UK employers required to confirm that individuals have the legal right to work before they start employment and retain appropriate evidence. However, from October 2026, these responsibilities...
Trade unions may not be something many SME employers have had to think about very often. For some businesses, they may still bring to mind heavily unionised industries, large public sector organisations or the industrial disputes of the 1970s and 1980s, rather than...
From 1 October 2026, employees will have longer to bring a number of claims before an Employment Tribunal, with many of the current three month time limits increasing to six months. For employers, this is an important change because workplace disputes may remain...
Allowing employees to bank additional hours or take time off in lieu can seem like a straightforward way to give both the business and its employees greater flexibility around overtime. An employee works additional hours when the business needs them and then takes the...
Laptops, iPads, phones and AI tools have become an ordinary part of working life, helping employees work faster, stay connected, access information, respond to clients and continue working when they are away from the office. Technology is now so embedded within...
A grievance lands in your inbox and it is six pages long, packed with employment law terminology and written more like a letter from a solicitor than something your employee would normally send. There is now a reasonable chance that AI has helped put it together, and...
A client contacted me recently about an employee whose dad had died. The employee had returned to work and, on the face of it, they were still doing their job, but the employer could see that they were struggling emotionally. They wanted to support them but were not...
Smart glasses are becoming increasingly common. They can take photographs, record video and audio, respond to voice commands and, increasingly, use AI to interpret what the wearer is seeing. All very clever, but from an HR and workplace perspective, they also create a...
From 1 January 2027, two significant changes to unfair dismissal law are due to come into effect. The qualifying period for bringing an ordinary unfair dismissal claim will reduce from two years to six months, while the existing cap on compensatory awards will be...
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