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HR guides for UK employers, in plain English
What the law asks of you on pay, holiday, right to work, discipline and leaving, each guide written from GOV.UK, legislation.gov.uk and Acas, dated, and linked to its sources. 40 guides, free, no sign-up.
Pay and sick pay
- Statutory Sick Pay from April 2026 Paid from day one, with no earnings limit
- Minimum wage rates 2026 Every age band, apprentices and what counts as pay
- Family pay rates 2026/27 Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared pay
- HMRC mileage rates 2026/27 Mileage, passengers and meal allowances
- Payslips: what the law requires What must be on them, and when they’re due
- Statutory redundancy pay 2026/27 Who qualifies, the weeks by age, and the cap
Holiday by working pattern
- Holiday for 1 day a week The year, starters and hours
- Holiday for 2 days a week The year, starters and hours
- Holiday for 3 days a week The year, starters and hours
- Holiday for 4 days a week The year, starters and hours
- Holiday for 5 days a week The year, starters and hours
- Holiday for 6 days a week The year, starters and hours
- Holiday entitlement in hours 5.6 weeks of their working week
Holiday and time off
- Time off in lieu (TOIL) The rules, and what a TOIL policy should say
- Paternity and parental leave from day one Day-one leave since April 2026, and the pay rules
- Fit notes and return to work When to ask for a fit note, and return-to-work meetings
- Flexible working requests A day-one right: consult, decide in two months
- Irregular hours holiday 12.07%, holiday pay and rolled-up pay
- Keeping holiday records Six years, since 6 April 2026
- Bereavement leave The rules now, and the wider right from 2027
- UK bank holidays 2026 and 2027 Every nation’s dates, and the rules
- Time off for dependants Emergencies, reasonable time, and pay
- Carrying over annual leave When it’s allowed, and when it’s required
- Annual leave entitlement 5.6 weeks, part-time, pro rata and leavers
Rotas and working time
Contracts, discipline and leaving
- The written statement What it must say on day one, and what can follow
- The sexual harassment duty All reasonable steps, from 30 October 2026
- Fire and rehire The code now, and the ban expected in 2027
- Tribunal time limits Six months, from 1 October 2026
- Collective redundancy consultation 20 or more at a site: consultation and HR1
- Probation and the six-month rule Unfair dismissal after six months, from 1 January 2027
- Disciplinary procedures Investigate, hear, decide and appeal
- Grievance procedures Raising one, the meeting and the appeal
- The right to be accompanied Who can come, and moving the hearing
- Statutory notice periods The minimum each side must give, and the contract
- Employment Rights Act 2025 What changes, when, and what to do
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