Is a handbook a legal requirement?
What UK law requires in writing, and where a handbook fits.
Employee handbook software
Handbook software built for UK employment law.
Use it as an employee handbook builder to create one from scratch, or bring the handbook you have: audit it, draft what is missing, publish it for your team, and keep it compliant as the law changes. Built for the UK from the start, not adapted from a US template.
7-day free trial. No credit card. Bring your existing handbook.
What it does
Everything the handbook lifecycle needs
From first audit to day-to-day employee questions, in one place.
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Compliance gap analysis
Every section checked against 59 UK legislation and guidance sources. Gaps ranked Critical to Low, each citing the specific law behind it.
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AI policy drafting
Compliant redrafts of weak policies in one click, or new policies from scratch in your tone of voice. Export to Microsoft Word or PDF.
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Living handbook
Publish your handbook online with dated version history, so there is always evidence of what applied and when.
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Handbook chatbot
Employees ask the chatbot instead of HR. Answers come from your own handbook, with citations, and a full audit log.
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Legal change alerts
When UK employment law changes, Regulyn tells you which of your sections are affected and what needs updating.
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40+ HR document types
Disciplinary letters, grievance outcomes, settlement agreements and return-to-work forms, all generated from your handbook.
Start here
Start from what you already have
Paste your existing handbook and Regulyn structures it into the 50+ policy types a UK employer needs, checks every section against current legislation, and shows you what to fix first.
- Gap analysis ranked Critical, High, Medium, Low.
- Every issue cites the specific law, linked to legislation.gov.uk.
- AI-drafted compliant fixes you can accept, edit or discard.
No handbook yet? The create a handbook guide shows how to build one from scratch. To see how each result is graded, read how compliance scores work, or go straight to the free handbook compliance check.
Gap analysis: every policy the UK catalogue expects, grouped by handbook section, with what is in place and what is missing.
Why now
The law your handbook was written for has changed.
The Employment Rights Act 2025 is being phased in through 2026 and 2027. Day-one sick pay and family leave arrived in April 2026. Tribunal time limits double on 1 October 2026 and the harassment duty rises on 30 October. From 1 January 2027 unfair dismissal protection starts at six months, with no cap on compensation.
The alternatives
Templates, HR suites, or a compliance-first tool?
| Dimension | Handbook templates | General HR platforms | Regulyn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for UK employment law | Often US-derived | UK-aware, not law-first | UK legislation is the core engine |
| Finds gaps in what you already have | No | Rarely | Ranked gap analysis with legal citations |
| Keeps up when the law changes | You re-buy the template | Depends on their content team | Alerts mapped to your affected sections |
| Answers employee questions | No | Sometimes, generic answers | Chatbot answers from your handbook, cited |
| Cost to find out where you stand | Purchase price | Demo call and a contract | Free 7-day trial, no card |
Already using an HR platform? See how Regulyn differs from general HR tools, and how the two work side by side.
Pricing
What it costs
Three plans, billed monthly or annually. Pay annually and you get two months free. The 7-day free trial needs no credit card.
| Plan | Price | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | £49 a month | For small teams getting started with HR compliance |
| Professional | £99 a month | Everything you need for complete HR compliance |
| Enterprise | £499 a month | Personal onboarding, with SSO, API access and branding set up for you |
- Built for UK law
- Legal citations on every gap
- ICO registered
- Encrypted in transit and at rest
- Microsoft Word and PDF export
- Cancel anytime
Questions
Questions UK employers are asking
What does employee handbook software actually do?
Good handbook software does four jobs: audits what you already have against current law, drafts what is missing, publishes the result so employees can use it, and keeps it current as legislation changes. Regulyn does all four, built specifically for UK employment law including the Employment Rights Act 2025.
How is Regulyn different from buying a handbook template?
A template is a snapshot: generic text, often US-derived, that starts going stale the day you buy it. Regulyn works from your existing policies, shows you exactly where they fall short of UK law with citations, drafts the fixes, and alerts you when legislation changes. The handbook stays current instead of quietly expiring.
How is Regulyn different from a general HR platform?
General HR platforms are built around people admin: holiday, absence, onboarding. The handbook module is usually a document store. Regulyn is built the other way up: UK employment law compliance is the engine, and the handbook is a living document checked against 59 legislation and guidance sources, with gap analysis, AI drafting and a chatbot on top.
Can I use Regulyn as an employee handbook builder, starting from scratch?
Yes. If you have no handbook at all, Regulyn works as a handbook builder: tell it about your business and it generates the full set of UK policies in your tone of voice, each one checked against current legislation as it is drafted. You end up with a complete, compliant handbook rather than a stack of templates to fill in.
Can I bring my existing handbook into Regulyn?
Yes, that is the intended starting point. Paste your existing handbook or individual policies and Regulyn structures them into standard UK policy types automatically. There is no need to reformat or reorganise anything first.
What does Regulyn cost?
Plans are £49, £99 and £499 a month, and paying annually gives you two months free. There is a 7-day free trial with no credit card, which is enough to run a full compliance check on your existing handbook.
Is Regulyn suitable for small businesses without an HR team?
Yes. Regulyn was designed so a business owner or office manager can do handbook compliance work that previously needed an HR consultant: the gap analysis explains each issue in plain English, cites the law, and drafts the fix for you.
Related reading
More on handbooks and UK law
The 5 policies every UK business must have
The policies the law requires, and what each one has to say.
Automated handbook management
How a handbook stays current without a yearly rewrite.
How Regulyn works
The four steps from the handbook you have to one you can publish.
ERA 2025: what you need to change
The handbook changes the Employment Rights Act 2025 calls for.
Every feature
The full feature list, from gap analysis to the handbook chatbot.
See it working on your own handbook.
The trial is the demo: paste your handbook, run the gap analysis, and judge the results yourself.