Brightmine

Formerly XpertHR

We can always go to Brightmine to see changing legislation and how this may affect our business. Brightmine is a useful tool to see how changing legislation can be incorporated into an existing policy or procedural document. This can be done quickly and without the need to go to an external law firm.

you can sign up to links of things you are interested in and you then receive regular email links, which keep you up to date with changes in the law for example

Regular email updates on key trends, themes and updates from the world of employment has kept us current. The regular webinar offerings are also a great opportunity for our HR team to keep learning and keep on top of industry and employment law trends. We use these resources internally to upskill our team and knowledge share with other regions.

We can always easily access Brightmine and easily use the search functions to find what we are looking for. The topical articles are always useful to see becuase they might not be about something that I have specifically gone ont ot the site to find out about, but then finding myself reading about issues of the moment, which is always useful and interesting.

Played a large roles in ensuring documents and letters are up to date

Similar to previous question really, around the maternity chances, they helped us be more inclusive, realign our change policy in way to support maternity leavers. We've also ensured our adoption leave mimics our additional OMP which previously it didn't mirror it. We've also used it for settlement agreements which enabled change.

It has helped in improving knowledge and awareness of any key government reforms such as the flexible working reforms of April 2024. It helped to be updated in terms of the key changes to the policy, updating the flexible request forms and addressing any staff queries and was found to be helpful.

Alert emails from Brightmine whenever there are changes means that we don't have to spend a lot of time scanning the horizon and looking to see if there have been any legislation changes, Brightmine alerts us via email when there are any changes. This means we can be ahead of the game

By ensuring our compliance it has helped us drive our people strategy, it is so important to ensure the basis of employment law is concrete to ensure practises and strategies can be pushed forward. New emails from XPERTHR have triggered discussions at meetings around compliance and law which has prompted change or even a proactive approach for example flexible working.

I have not personally seen XpertHR being useful for HR strategy. That said I was not fully away of this availability so will now investigate.

It is an excellent reference point The update emails are particularly useful. We use then to keep pace with changes in HR and Employment Law.

Once again, we use all the resources provided nearly every day.

This has been not easy. If there is a newsletter flagging legislative changes, I haven't seen it pop up in my mail, and a reasonable amount of spam comes through. A weekly punch newsletter may get more attention in this space, flagging new changes and how to mitigate them.

Enables us to stay compliant.

It has benefitted me to have this guidance to inform my day-to-day work.

One of a number of source of information we use

The employment law updates are useful.

Different ways of working examples expand your mind.

Quick updates on new legislation has kept us current and compliant.

We are able to access the information quickly and easily on a regular basis.

Useful for creating new policies and strategies with cited examples to build from. I have used several of their examples to refresh our company policies, or construct brand new policies, which has been very helpful, rather than starting with a blank canvas. It helps us keep up to date with forthcoming changes in legislation.

Too soon to know.

Helps keep HR administration focus on strategies and eliminates time needed to research updates on compliance news. They have provided invaluable insight on benchmarking and industry analysis. It enables our HR professionals to gauge our organization's performance against benchmarks. This aids in identifying areas of improvement and they offer insights on approaches to drive initiatives.

Brightmine send very regular i.e several a day e-mails with relevant topical information. During the current election period they have provided excellent insight into the different Parties manifesto's and the specific possible impacts to HR. A good example is the comprehensive guide they have produced on ethnicity pay gap reporting.

Brightmine is our go-to source for legal changes happening in the US.