Most employers have probation clauses in their contracts, but few actually use them properly. In this 5-minute Training Bite, Holly Blue  explains how to turn probation into your most powerful HR tool, not a forgotten formality.

You’ll learn:

• How to manage probation proactively, not reactively.
• Why waiting until the end to raise issues is the biggest mistake managers make.
• When and how to extend probation fairly after sickness or absence.
• How to handle underperformance early — with clarity, written targets, and realistic timescales.
• The legal backdrop from Tubbenden Primary School v Sylvester (2010) and Kuzel v Roche Products Ltd (2008), proving that even short-service employees deserve fair process.

Probation gives you flexibility — not immunity.
 A short conversation now can prevent a very long tribunal later.

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