7/2/2026 9:54:49 AM Employment Rights Act Update #23 - Fair Work Agency and holiday pay enforcement and compliance By Libby Hubbard Holiday compliance and enforcement are on the Government's mind this week - maybe Mr Starmer feels he has holiday owed to him before he...
6/23/2026 2:42:26 PM Employment Rights Act Update #22 - workplace and electronic balloting By Libby Hubbard We can usually rely on August to be a relatively fallow month for HR and employment legislation; 2026 is proving the exception to the...
6/3/2026 3:38:20 PM Employment Rights Update #21 - Zero-hours consultation: Part two By Libby Hubbard The second part of the Government’s intention to provide more predictability for workers on zero-hour contracts and low guaranteed-hour...
6/3/2026 3:30:22 PM Employment Rights Update #21 - Zero-hours consultation: Part one By Libby Hubbard With the furore and drama currently plaguing the Government, there was some hope amongst employers that the Guaranteed Hours Offer (GHO)...
4/23/2026 1:42:30 PM Employment Rights Act update #20 - implementation, consultation and an updated hub By Libby Hubbard My daughter tells me she's ‘locked in’ with her A-level revision; I feel like I, too, have been ‘locked in’ with the recent flurry of ERA...
4/14/2026 8:09:35 AM Employment Rights Act update #19 - trade union access By Libby Hubbard We know that the present Government wants to increase union membership and involvement in the workplace and we know what measures in the...
3/24/2026 4:28:07 PM Paid holiday records – are you keeping them long enough? By Libby Hubbard The requirement for all employers to keep records of annual leave for six years will come into force on 6 April 2026. It’s not an...
3/3/2026 6:18:31 PM Employment Rights Act update #18 - more consultations By Libby Hubbard Two more consultations have been published by the Government. Neither are the life and soul of the party but nevertheless, they are...
2/23/2026 11:57:19 AM Employment Rights Act update #17 - new trade union legislation in force By Libby Hubbard As per our last update, 18 February 2026 marked three months since the ERA received Royal Assent and the commencement date for various...
2/5/2026 9:47:44 AM Employment Rights Act - Update #16 - what's occurring? By Libby Hubbard It's A-level season in our house; the mocks are over, the real thing is nigh and the panic is rising (maybe that's just in me!!). It felt...
12/17/2025 10:10:12 AM Employment Rights Bill - Update #15 - it's agreed... at last By Libby Hubbard As I pen this, I am imagining HM King Charles III sitting at his breakfast table and down plonks a 300-page document, splashing the milk...
12/1/2025 3:19:03 PM Employment Rights Bill - Update #14 U-turn or slight detour? By Libby Hubbard At the risk of sounding wholly narcissistic, why is it that whenever I am out of the office, something big lands in my little employment...