HR guides and articles, page 5

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.

The manager's guide to whistleblowing

Sexual harassment reports can now be protected whistleblowing disclosures. The whistleblowing framework, what the April 2026 change means in practice, and what to update in your policy.

The manager's guide to settlement agreements

A settlement agreement only waives an employee's claims if the law's conditions are met. The independent advice requirement, protected conversations, tax treatment, and the 2025 Act change.

The manager's guide to holiday pay

Holiday pay looks simple until you have to calculate it. Statutory entitlement, what counts as normal pay, rolled-up holiday pay and who it can be used for, and carrying leave over correctly.

The manager's guide to Carer's Leave

Carer's Leave gives your employee a day-one right to time off for a dependant's long-term care needs. Who qualifies, how the one-week entitlement works, and the notice rules on both sides.