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Quick tour of Regulyn

Your complete guide to navigating the platform.

5 min readUpdated 18 July 2026Reviewed for UK lawSources: ACAS

Regulyn is an employee handbook platform for UK businesses. It helps you create, maintain and share compliant HR policies in one place. This tour covers what you will find in the app.

  • Analyse and improve your existing policies
  • Generate new policies from scratch
  • Track compliance with UK employment law
  • Create employment documents (contracts, letters and so on)
  • Publish handbooks for employees to search and query

Main

Your home base for managing your employee handbook.

Dashboard
See your handbook progress at a glance: completion status, recent changes and legal change alerts.
Handbook
Edit your introduction and footer, generate new versions and manage your working copy. Includes the ERA 2025 updates.
Published handbook
View the latest published version of your handbook, searchable and ready to share.

Tools

The tools that create, check and improve your policies and documents.

Policy Studio
Generate new policies from scratch. Choose a policy type and Regulyn drafts it for you.
Document Studio
Generate employment documents (contracts, letters, forms) or check existing documents for compliance.
Analyse Section
Paste an existing policy to check it for compliance issues and best practice gaps, and get a redraft.
Gap Analysis
See which policies you are missing. Core policies are legally required; recommended ones improve compliance.
Handbook Chatbot
Ask questions about your handbook in plain English. Useful for employees who need to find a policy quickly.
Legal Changes
Track current and upcoming UK employment law changes and see which of your policies are affected.

Organisation

Customise how your handbook looks and organise your policies.

Groups
Organise policies into logical groups (for example 'Getting Started' or 'Time Off'). Drag and drop to reorder.
Tone Profile
Set the voice and style for generated content. Choose formal or friendly, 'we' or 'the company'.

Settings

Manage your account.

Settings
Update your organisation details and notification preferences, and manage your subscription.

A typical workflow

How most users work with Regulyn:

  1. 1

    Check Gap Analysis

    See which policies you are missing and prioritise the core (legally required) ones.
  2. 2

    Add policies

    Either paste existing policies (Analyse Section) or generate new ones (Policy Studio).
  3. 3

    Review and approve

    Check the suggestions, fix any compliance issues and approve the final version.
  4. 4

    Organise and publish

    Arrange policies into groups, add your introduction and footer, and generate a version.
  5. 5

    Share

    Export as Microsoft Word or PDF, share the published view, or let employees use the chatbot.

Quick tips

Frequently asked questions

What can I do with Regulyn?
Regulyn is an AI-powered HR compliance platform for UK businesses. You can analyse existing policies against UK employment law, generate new policies from scratch, check HR documents for compliance, get instant answers from your handbook via chatbot, track legal changes affecting your policies, and publish professional employee handbooks.
How do I get started with Regulyn?
Start by creating your first policy - either paste an existing policy to analyse it, or use Policy Studio to generate a new one from scratch. Then organise your policies into groups, set your tone profile to match your company voice, and generate a publishable handbook version when ready.
What is the Gap Analysis dashboard?
The Gap Analysis dashboard shows which legally required, recommended, and optional policies you have in your handbook. It helps you identify missing policies and track your compliance progress. Policies are categorised as Core (legally required), Recommended (best practice), and Optional (nice to have).
How does the Document Studio work?
Document Studio lets you check HR documents (like contracts, letters, and forms) against your policies and UK law, or generate new documents from scratch. It supports 40+ document types including offer letters, disciplinary letters, and flexible working responses.

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