HR guides and articles, page 5

The manager's readiness checklist for the October 2026 harassment duty

A checklist, not a legal explainer. From October 2026 the duty to prevent sexual harassment strengthens to all reasonable steps. What to check, refresh and evidence, in the EHRC's 8-step order.

The manager's guide to fire and rehire

A new automatic unfair dismissal risk arrives on 1 January 2027. The ACAS Code position today, what counts as a restricted variation, and the steps to take before it lands.

The manager's guide to the 2027 unfair dismissal changes

From 1 January 2027, unfair dismissal protection starts at six months' service, not two years. How the change works, which dismissals the transitional rule covers, and what stays the same.

The manager's guide to recruitment and onboarding

Recruitment brings together several separate duties: not discriminating, checking right to work, handling candidate data, and issuing the right paperwork on time. A checklist for each stage.

The manager's guide to National Minimum Wage rates

Minimum wage rates change every April, and getting them wrong is expensive. The rates from 1 April 2026, who is entitled, where underpayment happens by accident, and how the rules are enforced.

The manager's guide to TUPE

TUPE protects employees' jobs and terms when a business, or a service contract, changes hands. When it applies, what transfers, the duty to inform and consult, and dismissals after a transfer.

The manager's guide to flexible working requests

Every employee can ask for flexible working from their first day. What a request can cover, the two-month process, the eight business reasons for refusal, and what changes in 2027.

The manager's guide to preventing sexual harassment

Preventing sexual harassment is a proactive legal duty on every employer. What reasonable steps means today, third-party harassment, the tribunal uplift, and what tightens from October 2026.

The manager's guide to performance and appraisals

Good performance management runs all year, not just at one annual appraisal. Setting standards, running reviews, supporting someone to improve, and handling capability dismissal fairly.