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An HR consultant in St Albans, supporting businesses across London, explains the hidden cost of handling employment law alone as the Employment Rights Act 2025 rolls out, and how outside HR support helps.

An HR consultant in St Albans, supporting businesses across London, explains what mandatory salary ranges in job adverts could mean for small employers and how to prepare while the consultation is still open.

Sickness absence is still costing UK employers dearly. 📊According to the ONS, 148.9 million working days were lost to sickness or injury in 2024. That’s an average of 4.4 days per worker, and about 7% higher than in 2019. Absence dipped slightly from the previous year, but it hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels. Managing it well, with a robust process and managers who can hold difficult but supportive conversations, has never been more important. In this video, Paul Feldm

An HR consultant in St Albans, supporting businesses across London, explains how the January 2027 fire and rehire changes bring day-one claims and uncapped compensation, and what to do now.

An HR consultant in St Albans, supporting businesses across London, explains how to run exit interviews, handle uncomfortable feedback and use it to keep your best people.

An HR consultant in St Albans, supporting businesses across London, explains the Fair Work Agency's powers to inspect pay records, issue penalties and look back six years.

An HR consultant in St Albans, supporting businesses across London, explains the 2027 zero-hours contract reforms and the practical steps employers should take now.

The UK government is consulting on mandatory pay information in job adverts, a new pay watchdog and wider equal pay rights. Here is what small employers should know and do now.

October is Speak Up Month. An HR consultancy in Harpenden and St Albans explains why employees who raise concerns early save small businesses thousands in tribunal costs.

An HR consultancy in Harpenden and St Albans explains what the new six-month employment tribunal time limit means for small employers, and the records and processes to put in place.

Union access rules, the doubled tribunal time limit, the Keep Britain Working review and more: what small employers in Harpenden and St Albans need to know this October.

A practical five-step guide for HR professionals in Harpenden, St Albans and beyond on preparing for the October 2026 harassment prevention duty and new third-party liability.

How small businesses in Harpenden and St Albans can avoid costly employment tribunal claims by building a speak-up culture ahead of the 2026-27 law changes.

If your business is buying another company, or taking over a contract or service, TUPE (the Transfer of Undertakings, Protection of Employment Regulations) almost certainly applies — and getting it wrong is one of the most common ways SME acquisitions turn expensive. Here's what actually needs to happen, in order. 1. Work out if TUPE applies TUPE generally applies to a business sale, a merger, or when a service contract (like cleaning, catering, or IT support) moves from one

Supporting employees through menopause at work

Guidance from an HR consultant in Hertfordshire and London on whether small businesses need written HR policies, and which ones actually matter. It's one of the most common questions we hear from small business owners across Hertfordshire and London: "We're only a handful of people. Do we really need formal HR policies?" The short answer is yes, but not for the reason most people expect. The short answer There's no UK law that says a business under a certain size must have wr

If you run a small business, you've probably relied on the fact that most employees don't get round to making tribunal claims in time. That safety net has been removed. From 1 October 2026, the deadline for bringing most employment tribunal claims has gone from three months to six months. The commercial impact of that shift is larger than most business owners realise. Here's what you need to understand and what to do about it. What actually changes on 1 October

An HR consultancy in Harpenden and St Albans explains the new trade union access rules and the written right-to-join statement, with the steps small employers should take now.

Advice from an HR consultant in Camden, London on why building a speak-up culture protects your business from costly tribunal claims. As a small business owner, you've probably never had an employee take you to a tribunal. That can make it feel like a distant risk. It isn't. Single tribunal claims rose 39% in the past year, with over 64,000 individual cases currently waiting to be heard. More than half a million claims are sitting in the system. Most of those cases started wi

Sexual harassment complaints against senior leaders put HR in an uncomfortable position: investigating someone who holds more power than you do. Support for HR directors and business owners in Hertfordshire, London and across the UK handling sensitive workplace investigations. The dynamics are different Normal reporting lines don't work when the person under investigation sits above you in the org chart: Timelines often stretch out, and momentum stalls. Colleagues may downpla