The HR Podcast Ep 6: Guaranteed hours, graduate roles, World Cup
This month’s episode of the Personnel Today HR Podcast, brought to you by Deel, looks at one of the most complex aspects of the Employment Rights Act 2025 – guaranteed hours. Are the government’s plans to end one-sided flexibility in zero-hours contracts workable?
Employment law expert Darren Newman joins the PT team to unpick the government’s consultation on when and how employers will have to make an offer of guaranteed hours to people on zero-hours or similar contracts. Who will be eligible? And how will it apply to agency workers?
We look at whether the rise in remote working since the pandemic is fuelling the demise of entry-level jobs, after economists in the US found a link between how “remotable” a role is, and a reduction in early-careers recruitment.
And we look at advice for employers on how best to manage the implications of the men’s 2026 World Cup, including absence, banter and the feelings of the non-football fan.
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Missed previous episodes? Catch up now as we talk about unfair dismissal, deepfakes and The Traitors in Episode 1 and fire and rehire, AI and Reform UK’s plan to scrap the Equality Act on Episode 2 and Antarctic HR, April law changes and neurodiversity on Episode 3. On Episode 4, we explore trade union access, AI agents and the Fair Work Agency, while on Episode 5 we look at antisemitism, temperature and firing HR.
Episode 6 is the final episode of Season 1. We will return in September with the first episode of Season 2.
Presented by Rob Moss, Jo Faragher and Adam McCulloch, with guest Darren Newman. Episode 6 recorded 19 June 2026.
Produced and edited by Rob Moss.
Music: Eternity Bro/Shutterstock.
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