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Practical resources for every HR challenge

Welcome to the Impact Hub, your comprehensive resource library designed to empower businesses with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the ever-evolving HR landscape. Whether you’re seeking to enhance compliance, develop your team, or gain strategic insights, our curated collection of webinars, guides, templates, and more is here to support your success.

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  1. Gender Pay Gap Reporting

    Gender Pay Gap Reporting: a practical guide for UK SME employers

    As Gender Pay Gap Reporting moves beyond transparency and towards mandatory action plans from 2027, UK employers face growing pressure to demonstrate real progress on workplace equality. This practical guide explains what the upcoming changes mean for SMEs, the legal and commercial risks businesses should be aware of, and the steps employers can take now to stay compliant, competitive and future-ready.

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  2. Maximising your people to grow your business

    Join Juliet Irving and Greg Guilford for a commercially focused session exploring how businesses can maximise the value of their people to drive sustainable growth. Ideal for business leaders looking to unlock high performance, reduce risk and build a culture that supports long-term growth.

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  3. Using Ladders and Stepladders

    Ladder safety at work is essential for preventing avoidable accidents and serious injuries in the workplace. This toolbox talk covers the safe selection, inspection and use of ladders and stepladders, helping employees understand when access equipment is suitable for a task and how to use it correctly and safely.

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  4. ladder safety at work

    Ladder and Stepladder Safety at Work: Common Risks, HSE Prosecutions and Employer Responsibilities

    This guide explains employer legal responsibilities, common risks, safe working practices, recent HSE prosecutions and practical steps organisations can take to reduce work at height incidents and improve compliance and ladder safety at work.

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  1. RIDDOR

    RIDDOR Reform Consultation Launched – What employers need to know

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a major consultation on proposed updates to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR), signaling a potential shift in how workplace incidents and occupational ill health are reported across Great Britain. 

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    Fair Work Agency UK: Employer Guide for SMEs (2026 update)

    The Fair Work Agency is a major development in UK employment enforcement that SME employers cannot afford to ignore.  From 7 April 2026, the new Fair Work Agency will bring together enforcement of key employment rights into one place. The Fair... Read more

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  3. HSE Inspector

    Roofer sentenced for refusing to co-operate with HSE inspectors

    Refusing to co-operate with HSE inspectors is a criminal offence. This case explains inspector powers, employer duties and how to prepare for inspections.

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  4. Employment tribunal lessons

    Employment tribunal lessons: the true cost of getting it wrong

    Employment tribunal lessons: the true cost of getting it wrong

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  5. Martyn’s Law

    Martyn’s Law – Progress, scope and preparation

    Martyn’s Law introduces a clear expectation that organisations responsible for publicly accessible premises and events take terrorism risk seriously and plan accordingly.

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  6. Employment Rights Act 2025

    Employment Rights Act 2025

    The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) has now completed its passage through Parliament and gained Royal Assent to now become the Employment Rights Act 2025. Attention has therefore moved decisively away from whether the Bill will become law and towards how and when its provisions will be implemented.

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  7. Right to Work scheme changes 2025

    Right to Work scheme changes 2025: what employers need to know

    The UK Government’s white paper Restoring Control Over the Immigration System and the latest consultation to extend the Right to Work scheme to wider working arrangements signal some of the most significant shifts to employer immigration responsibilities in over a... Read more

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  8. Employment Tribunal

    The real cost of employment tribunals for SMEs

    Why Employment Tribunals are a growing risk for SMEs Employment Tribunal (ET) claims are rising sharply, and for UK SMEs, the impact can be significant. The Ministry of Justice’s 2025 statistics show that UK tribunals received 42,000 single-claim cases and... Read more

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  9. Holiday Pay Records

    Holiday pay records under the Employment Rights Bill

    What’s changing for holiday pay records The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) introduces one of the most significant compliance shifts for UK employers in over a decade — a new statutory duty to maintain adequate Holiday Pay Records for six years.... Read more

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  10. Work at Height Safety

    Work at Height Safety | Fatal Fall from Unguarded Scaffolding Tower

    A recent court case serves as a stark reminder that even shortfalls can have devastating consequences — and that neglecting basic work-at-height controls can lead to heavy fines or even imprisonment. On 23 September 2025, at Bolton Magistrates’ Court, WH... Read more

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  11. Workplace Hearing Protection

    HSE inspections expose serious gaps in workplace hearing protection

    A national inspection campaign by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has uncovered widespread failings in how UK employers manage workplace hearing protection, sparking fresh concern about employee safety in noisy environments. The findings show that even where noise levels... Read more

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