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10/05/2026

Employment Rights Act 2025: UK employers face a two-stage union rights deadline

Two dates now define the next phase of union rights reform under the Employment Rights Act 2025: 30 October 2026 , when stronger union access and recognition rules take effect, and 1 January 2027 , when employers gain a statutory duty to notify ...

10/05/2026

8 min

AI skills divide splits workforce as 64% use AI, PwC finds

A PwC UK survey of 2,023 workers finds that only 48% understand which skills their role will require in the coming years, even though 60% feel confident they could learn new ones if given the chance. That gap between willingness and clarity is ...

10/05/2026

7 min

DWP Jobs Guarantee expands to young disabled people: what Equality Act duties mean for employers in April 2027

From April 2027, a young disabled person receiving health-related benefits in the United Kingdom could step into a paid role where the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) covers 100% of wage costs for up to 25 hours a week, for six months. For ...

09/28/2026

7 min

Everywhen's wellbeing data exposes a UK employer communication gap

Four in ten UK employers now report that the health and wellbeing support they fund is producing a measurable lift in productivity, with nearly the same share citing gains in retention and staff loyalty , according to research from group-risk ...

09/28/2026

7 min

ACAS research: disabled workers face 1.5x more conflict under Equality Act failings

Sixty-eight per cent of disabled workers in the United Kingdom have experienced workplace conflict, compared with 44% of working-age adults overall. That gap, documented in research carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) ...

09/28/2026

7 min

CIPD data meets the proximity penalty: what hybrid workers in the UK should ask before signing

You deliver the numbers. You hit the targets. You join every video call prepared, camera on, from your spare room or kitchen table. Then promotion season arrives and the colleague who spent more time at their desk gets the nod. New research from ...

09/28/2026

7 min

Brightmine's bonus data: a 44% gender gap the Equality Act does not yet fully illuminate

Seven years of mandatory gender pay gap reporting under the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 have produced a visible narrowing in headline salary figures for UK employers. Bonus pay has followed a different ...

09/25/2026

7 min

CIPD data: 91% of UK employers upskilling as ERA 2025 tightens hiring

Nine in ten UK employers are now channelling resources into the workforce they already hold. The CIPD's Resourcing and Talent Planning Report 2026, now in its 25th year and drawing on responses from 1,014 HR and people professionals, finds that ...

09/25/2026

11 min

Keep Britain Working: the Workplace Health System and what it means for SMEs and employees

Three in four people employed by a large organisation in the United Kingdom can access occupational health (OH) support through their job. For someone working at a small business with fewer than 50 staff, that figure falls to roughly one in four. ...

09/22/2026

6 min

UK unfair dismissal reforms hand workers day-one rights

Any hire your organisation makes this week will, on 1 January 2027, acquire full unfair dismissal protection after just six months in post. That is the practical consequence of the Employment Rights Act 2025 timetable, and according to ...

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