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From Sarah's Desk – August 2026 August has a different rhythm to July. Where family and a football tournament pulled everyone in for a few chaotic, brilliant weeks, this month is quieter and more familiar: schools are out, holiday cover rotas are in full swing, and I'm counting down the days to my own break at the end of the month. For a lot of clients, August looks the same. Annual leave requests fill the diary, and whoever's left in the office picks up the slack for everyon

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