HR & PEOPLE MASTERMIND: How Can You Prepare Your Agency for New Employment Laws?

“All my agency clients are panicking,” says Sarah May, founder of Mayday HR.

“They’ve stopped hiring because they’ve heard about the Employment Rights Bill coming in – but there’s actually no need.”

Sarah spends her days deep in what she calls “the sticky end of HR” — redundancies, grievances, and messy underperformance cases. But recently, every agency owner she speaks to is panicking about the same thing: day-one rights.

Under the current proposals, the Employment Rights Bill would bring in stronger protections from day one, something many founders fear will make hiring riskier. 

But Sarah says the panic is misplaced.

While this Bill is still going through Parliament, agencies have time and options. And the real opportunity is in getting your house in order now.

“This isn’t something to be scared of,” Sarah says. “If anything, these proposals are a push to build better processes; things that will make your business stronger, regardless of the final Bill.”

In this session, we’ll go through:

• What the Bill currently proposes around day-one rights, and what they actually mean for you and your agency.
• Why agencies shouldn’t pause hiring while the Bill is being debated.
• How to strengthen probation, induction and performance processes now.
• What to update in contracts, SSP and sickness processes to stay ahead.

If your agency has hit ‘pause’ out of fear, Sarah will help you hit ‘play’ with clarity and confidence.