When the Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent, it ushered in a new era for HR. Initiatives that had been sitting on the to-do list jumped to the top, a few nice-to-haves finally made it into the EVP, and exposure to risk became significantly more significant in several areas.
The biggest shake-up to employment law in decades raised the stakes around sick pay, redundancy and day-one rights to name a few. For many HR leaders, the Act has provided the mandate they needed to finally close the gaps and revisit their approach to performance management.
In a legislative landscape where tribunal cases have hit 52,000 (a 33% year-on-year increase) unfair dismissal remains the largest claim type (24% of all cases), processes that rely on an HRIS module, Word documents or paper for managing performance processes no longer stand up to scrutiny.
To protect both employees and employers, organisations must maintain a robust audit trail from day one. Is your process fair and consistently applied? Are employees given a genuine opportunity to improve? Is there documentation to prove it? These questions need to be answerable and evidenced.
Talos Perform is built to do exactly that. It connects every performance touchpoint across the employee lifecycle and through every transition: probation, performance reviews, manager check-ins, PIPs, return to work, realignment, development conversations, wellbeing check-ins and exit interviews. Every performance conversation, in one place.
With an editable template library, AI-assisted notetaking and automated workflows, Talos Perform ensures managers and their teams have the right conversations at the right time. And HR can be confident that the audit trail is there – protecting the organisation, supporting employees and giving managers a framework.
Talos Perform already supports over 65,000 employees in more than 80 countries, with measurable improvements in retention, development and the frequency of performance conversations.
If you’re looking to strengthen your process and get your people more engaged with performance management, download our Buyer’s Guide to see whether Talos Perform is right for you.