Too many policies, not enough time? How to navigate ERA reform overwhelm. For HR professionals, business leaders, and managers, trying to overhaul every workplace policy simultaneously is a recipe for burnout. More importantly, updating handbooks on paper doesn’t guarantee your line managers can execute those rules in practice. How do you decide what to tackle first when everything feels urgent?
Here is what employers and HR teams need to know about the retroactive impact of the Employment Rights Act and why managing probation today is vital.
Maggie, our Food Bank Adviser, explains her role helping those in crisis with benefit checks and debt advice referrals, supporting longer-term financial stability.
How we invested in our managers (and how you can too!) with our CIPD-nominated leadership development program.
It’s that time of the year again. The final school bells are ringing, the six-week countdown has begun… As managers, this season tests our scheduling skills to the absolute limit. Here is how we can constructively manage the summer crunch without losing our cool.
Citizens Advice Leicestershire has been shortlisted for a CIPD People Management Award for our internal leadership development programme. Here’s the story behind it,and why we’re now opening it up to other organisations.
f you weren’t in the room for the recent HR in Action – LIVE! event at the University of Leicester School of Business, you missed a massive operational reality check. Sponsored by HSBC, the morning brought together local leaders to expose the huge gulf between what organisations think is happening and the messy reality of the front-line employee experience.
Join our networking event, HR in Action – LIVE on Tuesday 19th May, 9:30 am – 12 pm at University of Leicester, School of Business.
Citizens Advice LeicesterShire is pleased to announce a new partnership with Lawson West Solicitors to provide high‑quality HR policies as part of our expanding employer support service.
Let’s be honest: we’ve all been there. Sometimes it’s a genuine flu, and sometimes it’s a “duvet day”—that morning where the mental load just feels too heavy to face the laptop.
In the past, those odd days off often went unrecorded or were taken as last-minute annual leave because, frankly, losing three days of pay to wait for SSP felt like too big a hit. But as of 6 April 2026, the rules of the game have changed.
