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What has changed in UK employment law, what to do about it, and what to ignore. No jargon.
The Bradford Factor is perfectly legal. Applying it on autopilot is how employers end up at tribunal. Where the formula crosses into Equality Act territory, what the case law pattern shows, and what a defensible trigger system looks like in 2026.
The April 2026 employment law changes are three months old: day-one SSP, day-one paternity and parental leave, a doubled protective award. Most handbooks still describe the old rules. The find-and-fix checklist for UK employers.
The unfair dismissal qualifying period drops to six months on 1 January 2027 and it covers existing staff. What UK small businesses need to do before then.
Most employers treated the harassment duty as a 2024 job and ticked the box. From October 2026 the standard rises from 'reasonable steps' to 'all reasonable steps', and harassment of your staff by customers and clients becomes a tribunal claim. Here's what changes — and what your handbook needs before October.
The HR documents UK SMEs most often miss in 2026 — even with a £600 template pack. Five specific gaps, why they create liability, and what to do before the end of the year.
Flexible working is a day-one right, two requests a year, a two-month decision window — and refusal without documented consultation loses claims. Here's what a flexible working request UK process and flexible working policy need in 2026.
The muscle memory SMEs have built around six-month probation, low-risk months before the "real" process kicks in, collides with the six-month unfair dismissal rule on 1 January 2027. Here's what a probation period UK 2026 actually needs.
A handbook from 2019 and a Bradford Factor trigger cost one employer £4,200 at ACAS — because disability-related absence wasn't carved out and reasonable adjustments barely featured. Here's what a 2026 sickness absence policy UK actually needs.
Day-one SSP and removal of the lower earnings limit have been in force since 6 April 2026, while other Employment Rights Act 2025 changes are still being phased in. Here's what actually matters for your handbook.
The step-by-step operational walkthrough: receipt, consultation, decision, response, appeal — with templates and the eight statutory refusal grounds.
Most UK disciplinary policies fail at tribunal for the same three reasons. ERA 2025, the ACAS Code, real award figures, and a working template.
After thirty years running and advising UK businesses, I kept seeing the same compliance pattern repeat. This is why I built Regulyn, and what I believe HR tech should actually do.
Not 'should have' or 'recommended' — actually legally required. Here's what the law says, with no padding.
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