FlexiWork tracks every zero-hours and low-hours worker's pattern automatically, tells you before a guaranteed hours offer becomes due, and keeps the records ready if you're ever challenged. No add-on module, no extra cost.
Most UK businesses running zero-hours or casual staff are already exposed under ERA 2025. Getting it wrong risks up to £20,000 in tribunal costs, on top of the time spent reconstructing records after the fact.
In Plain Terms
If someone on a zero-hours or low-hours contract works a fairly regular pattern over a set period, you become obliged to offer them a contract that reflects those real hours — not the number written on the original agreement. Miss that moment, and the worker can bring a tribunal claim.
The tricky part isn't the principle, it's the tracking. Most rotas live in spreadsheets or three different WhatsApp groups, which makes "has this person's pattern become regular enough to trigger an offer" a manual, easy-to-miss calculation rather than something anyone actually checks week to week.
The guaranteed hours, reasonable notice and cancellation pay rights aren't in force yet. The government opened a consultation on the detailed rules on 2 June 2026, and it closes 25 August 2026 — full implementation is expected in 2027, not this year. That gives you time, but it doesn't remove the underlying problem: the businesses that start tracking patterns properly now won't be scrambling to reconstruct months of rota history when the regulations do land.
If a worker ever disputes their status or brings a claim, the burden tends to fall on the employer to show what was actually worked and when an obligation should have kicked in. A folder of old rotas and a memory of "I think they were mostly part-time" isn't a defence. A dated, exportable, per-worker history is.
Built In, Not Bolted On
No setup, no configuration, no separate module to remember to switch on.
Every zero-hours and low-hours worker's actual hours are tallied automatically over a rolling reference period. No spreadsheets, no end-of-month manual review.
When a worker's pattern crosses the threshold that would trigger a guaranteed hours obligation, you're notified before it becomes a problem — not after a tribunal letter arrives.
Every shift, every hour, every pattern shift — dated and exportable. If you're ever challenged, the record already exists; nobody has to reconstruct it from memory.
How It Works
No separate compliance setup. As soon as a worker is on a zero-hours or low-hours contract in FlexiWork, tracking starts by default.
Actual worked hours, not scheduled hours, feed the reference period calculation in the background — every published shift, every clock-in.
An alert lands when a guaranteed hours obligation is approaching, with the worker's history already compiled — so acting on it is a decision, not a scramble.
Competitors charge £500+ per year for compliance add-ons. FlexiWork includes it, on every plan, for free.
FAQ
Start free for 14 days. Compliance tracking is on from the moment you add your first worker — no setup required.
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