Pharoah Technology · UK Employment Compliance ERA 2025
ERA 2025 fixed.
£29 a month.
Your employment contracts are non-compliant. Royal Assent was 18 Dec 2025 and day-one rights went live 6 April 2026. Plain English, micro-employer first, reviewed by trained employment-law QA operators. Built for the bakery owner, not the HR director.
Free 60-second ERA clause check
Which of your contracts are non-compliant?
Two questions, sixty seconds, no card. We test your contracts against the 23 mandatory ERA 2025 clauses — the same checklist an HR consultant would charge £500 to apply.
What you get
A working compliance product, not a template pack
ERA 2025 compliance, written in plain English. Reviewed by qualified employment-law operators. Not a snap calculator, not a static template — a working compliance product.
ERA 2025 clause checker
23 mandatory ERA 2025 clauses tested against your existing contract. Missing-clauses report in 60 seconds. AI scores compliance against the same checklist your HR consultant would charge £500 to apply.
Contracts generated
ERA-compliant employment contracts written for your sector. Probation, zero-hours, fixed-term, casual — handled. Every doc carries an "AI-generated, QA-reviewed" caveat. Plain English. No HR jargon.
Commencement-date alerts
ERA 2025 rolls out in phases. 6 Apr 2026 live. 1 Jan 2027 hard deadline (unfair dismissal qualifying period drops to 6 months). 2027 rolling: fire-and-rehire restrictions, guaranteed hours. We alert you before each phase hits.
Disciplinary builder
Written warning, PIP letter, dismissal letter — generated, QA reviewed, human-gated. We will never automate the disciplinary decision itself. You decide. We help you do it properly.
Payroll runner
Staffology API integration. Runs your monthly payroll. RTI submissions to HMRC. P60s. P11Ds. SSP, SMP, NMW handled. Integrated with your leave tracker so there's no double entry.
Employee portal
Your staff log in, see their payslips, request leave, sign contracts digitally. JWT + RLS so each employee sees only their own data. Plays nicely with sole.tax for self-assessment-eligible staff.
The ERA 2025 commencement timeline
If you employ anyone in the UK, these dates are non-negotiable
We track every one — and alert you before each phase hits.
Pricing
Pay-as-you-grow. No setup fee.
Cancel any time. Most micro-employers start on Starter and move to Growth within 6 months.
2–4 staff · ERA 2025 compliance + contracts
- ERA clause checker (unlimited)
- 3 contracts/mo generated
- Commencement-date alerts
- Trained QA review on every document
- Plain English (bakery-owner, not HR director)
- 14-day free trial
5–9 staff · + active HR ops
- Everything in Starter
- 7 contracts/mo
- Disciplinary builder (written warnings, PIP letters)
- Leave tracker (Harpur Trust, Bradford Factor)
- Dismissal letters (human-gated)
- Employer liability referral via Supreme Capital
10–25 staff · payroll + portal + performance
- Everything in Growth
- Unlimited contracts
- Payroll runner (Staffology API · RTI · P60s · P11Ds)
- Employee portal (JWT + RLS)
- Performance manager (reviews, PIPs, ERA dismissal risk score)
- Statutory pay calculator (SSP, SMP, SPP, NMW)
FAQ
The questions every micro-employer asks
Straight answers on what employ.law is — and what it isn't.
Are you a law firm? Do you give legal advice?
No. We are a compliance preparation specialist, not a law firm. Every output we generate is reviewed by qualified employment-law operators on our trained QA team before delivery. Contracts and letters carry an "AI-generated, QA-reviewed" caveat. If your situation needs legal advice — tribunal claims, complex disputes, contested terminations — we route you to a partner solicitor at a disclosed referral fee.
What does "ERA 2025 compliant" actually mean?
ERA 2025 added 16+ new mandatory clauses to UK employment contracts plus revised existing ones. Day-one SSP, day-one paternity, day-one flexible working (live 6 Apr 2026). 6-month unfair dismissal qualifying period (1 Jan 2027). Fire-and-rehire restrictions and zero-hours guaranteed-hours rules (2027 rolling). A compliant contract has all current mandatory clauses, is signed by both parties, and is logged for a tribunal-ready audit trail. We track all of this.
I have a 4-person bakery. Is this overkill?
It's the opposite of overkill — it's the only product tuned to your size. BrightHR and Peninsula are £150–400/mo, designed for HR directors. SimplyDocs and LawDepot sell static templates with no compliance tracking. Local solicitors charge £500–2k per contract. We're £29/mo, AI-generated, QA reviewed, plain English. Built for a bakery owner.
What if HMRC or a tribunal questions a contract I generated here?
Every contract carries an audit trail: when generated, what version of ERA 2025 commencement rules it was checked against, which QA reviewer signed off, your acknowledgement. For tribunal questions specifically, we provide your documentation pack and refer you to our partner solicitor for representation. Growth and HR Bundle tiers include £500 (Growth) / £2,500 (HR Bundle) of legal-fee cover for first-instance documentation defence.
How does the payroll integration work?
HR Bundle includes Staffology API integration. You set up your employer once (we walk you through it). Then every month we run payroll, submit RTI to HMRC, generate payslips for the portal, and reconcile against your leave tracker. SSP, SMP, NMW, employer NI all handled. P60s at year-end, P11Ds for benefits-in-kind. You approve every run before it submits.
Will this work with my existing accounting software (Xero, Sage, QuickBooks)?
Yes — read-only data export to your accounts package on every payroll run. We do NOT pull data out of those tools — payroll runs from employ.law as the source of truth, then exports to accounting. This is the canonical pattern recommended by HMRC for SME payroll.
Who reviews the documents before I get them?
Every contract, disciplinary letter, dismissal letter, and PIP we generate passes through our trained QA team before it reaches you. Reviewers score 1–5; 4+ passes, 3 is flagged for re-draft, 2 or below is failed and routed to a senior reviewer. They are qualified employment-law operators and they own the quality bar. AI does the draft; humans own the quality.
What if I cancel?
Cancel any time. Export all your contracts, letters, payroll history, employee records as PDF + CSV. We retain your data for the HMRC-required period (6 years for payroll) then delete unless you opt to extend. No contracts lock you in. The free trial is 14 days, no card needed.
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60-second ERA clause check.
Free. No card. Find out which of your contracts are now non-compliant.