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ArticlePeople ops

Does your HR system handle every working pattern you have?

Part-time, rota-based, irregular hours, inherited TUPE terms: the staff who do not fit a standard 9 to 5 are the ones whose holiday ends up calculated in a spreadsheet. Here is how to stop that.

1 Nov 2026Read article
ArticlePeople ops

Core HR should never sit behind a paywall

We will never feature gate Jamie HR. The basics are never a premium tier, and for HR partners our promise goes further.

30 Oct 2026Read article
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A policy nobody signed for is a policy you cannot prove

Having a policy is not the same as being able to prove it reached your team. Here is how a signed record, kept against each person, makes your policies provable.

29 Oct 2026Read article
ArticleAI at work series

Why most of HR needs automation, not AI

This is the last piece in our AI at work series, and the one every other piece has been building towards. Most of what HR actually needs is not an AI decision. It is a workflow that just works, the same way, every time.

28 Sept 2026Read article
ArticleAI at work series

A short glossary for AI at work, in plain English

The terms that keep coming up across this series, defined in plain English, without assuming you already know them.

21 Sept 2026Read article
ArticleAI at work series

AI time saved, or a step added?

A plain, practical audit: which HR tasks genuinely get faster with AI, and which ones only look modern while quietly taking longer.

14 Sept 2026Read article
ArticleAI at work series

You can already ask to see it

More of your record now runs through software than ever. The right to see all of it has not gone away, and it is stronger than most people realise.

7 Sept 2026Read article
ArticleAI at work series

What employees are quietly worried about

Not guesswork: what a national survey of employees actually says they worry about, and what a sensible employer does with that.

31 Aug 2026Read article
ArticleAI at work series

Where AI helps hiring, and where it doesn't

Recruitment is where AI tools have moved fastest, and where the risk of getting it wrong is best documented. Here is the practical line between the two.

24 Aug 2026Read article

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