Vearis is the evidence layer for sensitive workplace decisions — built for UK employers who need to be ready for January 2027 and beyond.
Why now
The Employment Rights Act 2025 fundamentally shifts the risk profile of every UK employer. The protected-employee population doubles overnight — and the financial stakes of getting a dismissal wrong are no longer capped.
1 Jan 2027
Six-month qualifying period
Unfair dismissal protection drops from two years to six months. Anyone hired from late June 2026 onwards is already in scope.
1 Jan 2027
Uncapped compensation
The statutory cap on unfair dismissal awards — currently the lower of £118,223 or 52 weeks' pay — is removed. Awards will be based solely on actual financial loss.
1 Jan 2027
Fire-and-rehire restricted
Dismissal for failing to accept a “restricted variation” to core contract terms — pay, hours, shift patterns — becomes automatically unfair, except in genuine financial distress.
Later in 2027
Zero-hours obligations
Guaranteed-hours offers for qualifying workers, payment for cancelled shifts, and mandatory gender equality and menopause action plans for larger employers.
The problem
When a tribunal looks back, fragments — split across inboxes, shared drives and paper files — don't constitute defensible evidence. And the Fair Work Agency, live since April 2026, can already demand records at any time.
Email & shared drives
Conversations split across inboxes and folders, with no chain of custody, no audit trail, and no defensible timeline.
Generic HRIS
Built for headcount and payroll — not for grievance evidence, redactions, or tribunal-ready exports with signed manifests.
Paper files
Slow to retrieve, easy to misplace, and impossible to verify against tampering or backdating when it matters most.
The product
Capture, retain, and retrieve audit-ready records by design. Four principles. No exceptions.
01
Tamper-evident
Every change is recorded with a clear history of who did what, when, and what changed.
02
Retrieval-first
Find the right matter fast, filter what you need, and assemble a bundle without rebuilding the record by hand.
03
Defensible by design
Retention rules, access controls, and record structure are built in from the start.
04
Built for sensitive decisions
Designed for grievances, disciplinaries, dismissals, investigations, and other records that need to stand up to scrutiny.
January 2027 is closer than it looks. If you'd like to learn more or discuss a pilot, leave your email and we'll be in touch.
or
Email us directly at hello@vearis.co.uk