26/05/2026
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๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ - ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ...
๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ & ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด
In January '27 employment rights will be protected after 6 months employment, but have you considered the impact to all the types of employment contracts you offer?
Whether you are offering a permanent role / fixed term / intern all of these will have protection after 6 months of employment with you. That isn't after you've written to them to confirm their employment, that is 6 months on the dot.
๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
๐No, but it does mean that you need to tighten your processes, have the paperwork in place and make timely decisions. As well as measurements in place to measure success and a robust induction program.
๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ป'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ?
๐ฏ Fantastic ๐ - but the difference with this legislation is whilst it comes in on the 1 January '27, it is from that date that people can have employment rights, which means that the legislation can / may impact those people who are hired from the 1 July '26...
๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ (๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐) ๐๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ Apiary Solutions ๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐. ๐๐๐