The Jamie HR toolkit.

The government wants views on how monitoring technology at work should be regulated. Here is what it actually proposes, and what a sensible employer does before the window closes.

Why social impact is turning into a retention lever, not just a nice-to-have New global workforce research puts a number on something HR teams have suspected for a while: a business's social impact is now part of why people join, and why they stay.

What a 9.4 day sickness absence rate actually means for a small employer UK sickness absence has just hit its highest level in over a decade. Here is what is actually driving it, and what a sensible employer does differently, rather than simply harder.

Across the UK, 61% of organisations now allow staff to use generative AI for work tasks, but only 31% have put together a formal policy on it in the past year (CIPD, Labour Market Outlook, autumn 2025). That gap is the real risk. It is not that AI is being used. It is that it is being used without anyone having said what is and is not allowed.

A short series on AI at work: what UK law already covers, where AI genuinely helps, and where it does not. Adoption has moved faster than the thinking around it.

The Employment Rights Act 2025 will give people on zero and low-hours contracts a right to be offered guaranteed hours. It is not here yet, but if you run on flexible staff, prepare now.

An agreement that stops a worker speaking about harassment or discrimination they have suffered is about to lose its force. What that changes for settlements, and for handling complaints.

A wider right to bereavement leave is coming, including a day-one right to protected time off after pregnancy loss before 24 weeks. What to expect, and how to prepare with care.

The right to request flexible working is not becoming an absolute right, but refusing one is about to get harder. From 2027 a refusal must be reasonable, and explained in writing.

If you pay subcontractors in construction, HMRC expects a return every month, even in a month you paid no one. How the CIS monthly return works, and how to stay clear of the fines.

The qualifying period for unfair dismissal drops from two years to six months, and the date is now fixed at 1 January 2027. What actually changes, and how to be ready.