12/05/2026
🤔 I'm a busy leader, how can I stay up-to-date and compliant with all things employment and people? Where do I start?!
We get it, Rob and I run a busy consultancy, do our best to manage, encourage and support our team, as well as grow and develop the business...it's hard to find time to fit it all in.
No need to worry, we partner with Breathe , so with our support and advice and their brilliant, simple and secure system, you're well on the way to being (and staying) compliant.
With new rules around probation, day-one rights and record keeping, employers need processes that are clear, compliant and easy to manage.
Here’s a quick refresher on how Breathe HR helps clients stay on top of the details, without adding more admin:
🪴 Managing the new 6-month probation:
✅ Automated reminders: Breathe can send key alerts for important probation milestones, ensuring clients don't miss the 6-month window and accidentally grant full rights by default
✅ Structured performance reviews: clients can schedule and record mandatory 1-to-1s and appraisals in the system, creating a clear audit trail
✅ Document library: meeting notes, official probation letters and more are securely stored against the employee's record, ready if a dismissal is challenged
🪴 Handling day-one rights:
✅ SSP: the system tracks sickness from the first day and can integrate with payroll to ensure correct payments
✅ Leave requests: new hires can request paternity leave or unpaid paternity leave immediately upon joining, workflows can automatically check eligibility and log absence
✅ Flexible working: workflows can handle day-one flexible working requests to help meet minimum requirements and respond within two months
🪴 Compliance, record keeping and the FWA
The new Fair Work Agency has the power to inspect records going back years.
✅ 6-year holiday audit: maintain a secure, 6-year history of all holiday and holiday pay records, ensuring clients are audit-ready
✅ Policy acknowledgement: You can upload whistleblowing and sexual harassment policies and track who has read and accepted them with digital 'read receipts'
Contact us today to discuss how our expert HR and Training support and advice, along with partnership with Breathe, can help you stay ahead and compliant.
