You probably won't find out someone is leaving until they hand in their notice. By then, in most cases, the decision was made weeks ago. Summer tends to be when this plays out. People go on holiday, get some headspace, start browsing jobs on their phones and come back with a plan. If you haven't spotted the signs early enough, you're already behind. What to look for before someone gets to that point And how to handle it properly when

There’s a big employment law change being enforced on 1 January 2027 that will affect every hire you make on and after 1 July this year. Anyone you hire on or after 1 July 2026 could gain the right to claim unfair dismissal after just six months of service (down from two years). What this actually changes You no longer have two years as a buffer and the risk of dismissing someone and getting sued for unfair dismissal has dramatically increased. If something goes wrong early,

Since April 2024, flexible working has been a day one right. Your employees don't need to have worked for you for six months before they can ask. They can ask from the very first day. They're allowed to make two requests per year. You have to respond within two months. And you can only refuse on one of eight statutory grounds. From October 2026, it gets tighter still. The Employment Rights Act is adding a reasonableness test on top of those grounds. Citing a reason won't be e

With summer around the corner, more of your employees might be off on holiday than usual. If you're only a team of ten, two people off at the same time is 20% of your workforce. That can really hit hard if you haven't planned properly for it. What does planning properly look like? Let's take a look.

From October, if one of your employees makes a harassment claim, a policy alone won't cut it. I know you might think a policy stored away somewhere is enough. But, with the rule changes, you must be able to evidence how you took all reasonable steps to prevent harassment in your workplace.

An engineering worker was awarded £66,295 plus £1,800 costs after his employer dismissed him for raising concerns about his manager's competence. The employer thought they had a reasonable case. The tribunal thought otherwise. And, from January 2027, cases like this are about to get a lot more expensive. Whether you have two employees or two hundred, the same principles apply. Dealing with a difficult employee situation right now? We can help.

1 July has been and gone, which means the countdown has started for real. Anyone hired from that date onwards can bring an unfair dismissal claim after just six months, not two years. There's a new right for trade unions to request access to workplaces from October. Plus a mix of what's changing, what's coming, and what to do about it, plus a Q&A covering grievances during probation, flexible working requests, and how to handle a sensitive conversation about an employee's dr