The profession has definately evolved but the structures around it largely did not. The gap between what HR is now asked to be and what support exists for the people doing it is not a small one.

I wanted to cover some of the basic questions HR professionals or employers may have around what this legislation involves, how it is going to have an impact and what UK businesses can do to get ahead of the curve, whether you currently have EU based operations or employees or not.

Today is International HR Day. If you are an HR professional reading this, I suspect you have a complicated relationship with being celebrated. You are used to being the one who holds things together, and considerably less used to anyone asking how you are doing in it. So this year, alongside the celebration, I want to say something honest about what this profession actually asks of the people who work in it.