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Forrest HR offers award-winning, tailored outsourced HR support for small and medium-sized businesses. Continued significant changes are coming this year as part of the amended Employment Rights Act. In this video, our CEO, Sophie Forrest-Lavery, highlights the key areas businesses need to be aware of.

Forrest HR offers award-winning, tailored outsourced HR support for small and medium-sized businesses. We get asked a lot about the difference between garden leave and payment in lieu of notice. In this short video, our CEO, Sophie Forrest-Lavery , explains the key differences and what they mean in practice.

The Worker Protection Act 2023 came into force in October 2024, placing a new proactive duty on UK businesses to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. As the new legislation continues to evolve, our CEO, Sophie Forrest-Lavery, outlines what employers now need to know.

Statutory Sick Pay entitlements are changing. Are you clear on what the changes mean for your business in practice? In this short video, our CEO, Sophie Forrest-Lavery, explains what’s changing and what employers need to know.

Forrest HR offers award-winning, tailored outsourced HR support for small and medium-sized businesses. We’ve created a new course, Employment Rights Act – Stage 1, designed to deepen your understanding of the next wave of changes to the Employment Rights Act, coming into force from April 2026. This course is ideal for business owners, line managers and key staff who want clear, practical insight into what’s changing and what it means for their organisation. Click here to find

Forrest HR offers award-winning, tailored outsourced HR support for small and medium-sized businesses. In this video, our CEO Sophie Forrest-Lavery shares the different ways Forrest Group can support your team — from full HR management to additional support for your in-house team. We’re here to help.

Forrest Group is proud to support the incredible charity Taylor-Made Dreams , who help children with life-limiting illnesses fulfil their dreams and provide vital support to their families. In this video, our CEO Sophie Forrest-Lavery shares why this cause means so much to her and to all of us at Forrest Group .