Employment Rights Bill - where we are now, what to expect next

Darren Newman joins us to unpack the complexities of the Employment Rights Bill, soon to become the Employment Rights Act. We explore the bill’s sweep...

Probationary periods: lessons from recent tribunal cases

UK employment law is evolving - are you prepared? In our latest podcast, Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, looks at three recent tribuna...

Employment Rights Bill – trade unions and workers’ rights

This episode of the Brightmine podcast features Shantha David, Head of Legal Services at UNISON, in conversation with Robert Shore and Laura Kimpton. ...

Essential talent-retention strategies - from secondments to talent pathways

Join us on the podcast as Jeya Thiruchelvam, Internal Communications and Engagement Lead at Brightmine, shares powerful insights on how organisations...

Gender pay gap reporting - challenges and upcoming changes

Cathryn Edmondson, lead consultant at Innecto Reward Consulting, joins the podcast to talk about gender pay gap reporting - its history, current chall...

Immigration law changes 2025 – what HR needs to know

Ferzana Ahmed and Mith Ragukaran, solicitors at law firm Fragomen, join us to talk through the latest immigration developments and issues affecting HR...

Employment Rights Bill – what’s new, what’s been dropped?

In October 2024 the Government launched a major overhaul of employment law in the form of the Employment Rights Bill. A number of important amendments...

Neonatal care leave - a practical guide

Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, joins us to discuss the new right to neonatal care leave and look at likely forthcoming chang...

Tribunal round-up - disability-related absence

Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, looks at three cases where employers have lost "discrimination arising from disability" claims after t...

Pay transparency – prepare for change

Justine Woolf, director of consulting at Innecto Reward Consulting, joins the podcast to tell us about pay transparency legislation in the US and EU a...

What's up with WhatsApp in the workplace?

WhatsApp and other informal instant messaging platforms are an invaluable communication resource for individuals and groups. But as some recent legal...

The criminally overlooked potential of ex-offenders in the workforce

A significant proportion of the population have criminal records. So what are the legal requirements when thinking about recruiting someone with a spe...

Psychological safety in the workplace

Psychological safety is one of the cornerstones of a productive, progressive workplace. Strategist, futurist and data scientist Wilson Wong joins the...

Supporting neurodiversity in the workplace

Laura Kimpton, HR strategy and practice editor at Brightmine, discusses how organisations, and line managers in particular, can support and champion n...

What changes should HR prepare for from the Employment Rights Bill?

The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employmen...

Employment Rights Bill Q&A

The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employmen...

HR in 2035 - how will AI transform the people profession in the coming decade?

What will the people profession look like in 2035? How will AI transform HR practices over the next decade? And how can HR teams prepare for the ethic...

Sexual harassment in the workplace – legal changes, generational shifts

With changes to the law regarding sexual harassment in the workplace coming into effect this autumn · and further changes promised in the Government·s...

The four-day week – current legislation, future possibilities

The phrase ·four-day week· has been trending in the media of late · and being used to refer to quite different things, to the confusion of many! In th...

Boosting employee engagement – helping HR get a better ROI on benefits

Justine Woolf, director of consulting at Innecto Reward Consulting, offers tips for HR to boost employee engagement and ensure that organisations get...

Evolving your EVP to meet the needs of a multigenerational workforce

Andrew Walker, new business development director with Personal Group, joins us to discuss the significant changes and trends shaping the future of wor...

HR’s role in rethinking office design for the contemporary workforce

From wellness and neurodiversity to ·hotelification·, Rachel Basha, founder and CEO of the architecture and design practice Basha-Franklin, discusses...

Employment tribunal cases - dismissals following employee mistakes

Bags for life, tea containing a surprising substance and more: Susie Munro, senior legal editor at Brightmine, discusses four recent employment tribun...

Mergers and acquisitions - HR's seat at the table

Steve Allan joins us to talk about HR's role in mergers and acquisitions and offers five top tips for getting M&As right. We talk about:
Hiring...

Global hiring: AI, EORs and worker misclassification risks

Miranda Zolot, general counsel at Oyster, talks about the benefits and challenges of distributed working and global hiring. Join her as she discusses...

Rethinking recruitment and reskilling

According to research, almost half of the skills used by the workforce today will no longer be relevant in a couple of years. Given this context of a...

Redundancy protection – what’s changed?

A raft of employment law changes have come into effect over the past few months. In this edition of the podcast, Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson discus...

Navigating conflicts of belief in the workplace

International and domestic politics, issues of gender and sexuality: people disagree about lots of things. Understandably, many organisations worry ab...

Employment tribunals - tips and traps

Running an employment tribunal claim can be complicated and requires careful management. We are joined by part-time employment tribunal judge Tina Ell...

Immigration changes in 2024 - how HR can prepare

We are joined by Louise Haycock, immigration solicitor and partner at law firm Fragomen, to discuss the latest immigration changes affecting employers...

COVID and other infectious diseases - what is the correct workplace etiquette now?

The rules around COVID-19 were very clearly drawn in 2020. But what is the state of play now, not just in relation to COVID but to illness in the work...

"Love contracts" and other romance-related HR dilemmas

According to a YouGov survey, 15% of people meet their partners at work. Given how widespread the phenomenon is, to what extent does HR need to take a...

How to prepare for Generation Alpha joining the workforce

Rebekah Martin, senior vice president of reward, inclusion and talent acquisition at AstraZeneca, joins us to talk about the changing motivations and...

Key employment law changes to look out for in 2024

Harnessing the power of mindfulness for the workplace

Mindfulness can be a great tool for building employee engagement and team cohesiveness. XpertHR's in-house mindfulness teacher, Christopher Bryant, ex...

Gender pay gap reporting - a global view

Gender pay gap reporting is now well established in the UK. But what approaches are being taken elsewhere in the world, and what difference might the...

Pay awards – what’s in store for 2024?

What financial challenges does the coming year have in store for organisations as they plan their reward strategy? Paula Flores and Hannah Mason, data...

Empowering HR - tactics and tools for building confidence

In this edition of the podcast we are joined by Fay Wallis to discuss growth mindsets, the power of small steps and other strategies to build your con...

Flexible working – current law and future reform

There’s been a lot of discussion around flexible working reforms in the media and elsewhere recently, sometimes generating confusion as well as provid...

Discrimination law: key developments since the Equality Act 2010

We explore the key changes in discrimination law that have occurred since the Equality Act 2010 came into force and offer an overview of important cas...