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Redundancy & Restructuring

The UK Redundancy Process: A Step-by-Step Guide for Employers

A procedural walk-through of the seven steps a UK employer must follow to run a defensible redundancy process, from business rationale through to the right of appeal.

8 min · Elizabeth Rebecca Cavendish
HR Best Practice

Handling Flexible Working Requests: What Changed in 2024 (and Still Applies)

Since April 2024, flexible working is a day-one right. Employees can make two requests per year, and you must respond within two months. Here's how to handle them properly.

6 min · Elizabeth Rebecca Cavendish
Disciplinary & Grievance

Disciplinary Hearings: An 11-Point Checklist Before You Start

Most disciplinary dismissals overturned at tribunal are overturned on procedure, not facts. Run through this 11-point checklist before any hearing.

7 min · Elizabeth Rebecca Cavendish
Employment Disputes & Tribunals

ACAS Early Conciliation Explained: A UK Employer's Guide

Before almost any employment tribunal claim, the claimant must contact ACAS. Here is what Early Conciliation is, how the six-week window works, and what employers should do when the EC notification lands.

8 min · Elizabeth Rebecca Cavendish
Family-Friendly Leave

Parental Leave in the UK: A Complete Employer's Guide (2026)

Parental leave in the UK is now a stack of five separate statutory rights, maternity, paternity, shared parental, unpaid parental and neonatal care leave. Here is what each one covers, who qualifies and what employers must pay.

10 min · Elizabeth Rebecca Cavendish
Employment Law

Workplace Harassment: The UK Employer's Guide to Liability, the Preventative Duty & Claims

A practical guide to workplace harassment for UK employers: the legal definition, vicarious liability, the 2024 preventative duty, claims, compensation and how to handle a complaint.

12 min · David White
Health & Safety

Stress Risk Assessment: How UK Employers Manage Work-Related Stress

Work-related stress is a health and safety risk like any other, and the law expects you to assess it. Here is how to run a stress risk assessment that stands up to scrutiny.

9 min · Elizabeth Rebecca Cavendish
Employee Wellbeing

EAP Cost Per Employee UK: What an Employee Assistance Programme Really Costs

Typical UK EAP pricing runs from a few pounds per employee per year for a core telephone service to considerably more for embedded clinical support. Here is what drives the number.

8 min · Annie Ward
Employee Wellbeing

What Is an EAP? The Employer's Guide to Employee Assistance Programmes

EAP stands for employee assistance programme, a confidential support service funded by the employer. Here is what it covers, what it does not, and how to run one well.

9 min · Annie Ward
Employment Law

The Employment Rights Act 2025: What It Means for UK Employers

The Employment Rights Bill became the Employment Rights Act 2025 in December 2025. Here is what has already changed, what lands next, and the preparation that actually matters.

9 min · Elizabeth Rebecca Cavendish

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