Managing Director, HCM
Stephanie Coward is Managing Director for HCM at IRIS, where she leads the strategy, innovation and growth of the organisation’s HR and payroll portfolio. She is responsible for positioning IRIS as a trusted partner to HR professionals and ensuring its solutions support the evolving needs of modern workforces.
With more than 25 years’ experience in the technology sector, Stephanie brings deep commercial and operational expertise, with a passion for improving the employee experience through technology.
Stephanie is committed to advancing IRIS’ HCM offering and helping organisations build more resilient, empowered workforces.
2026 brings meaningful employment law changes for UK employers. Several provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 have now taken effect, statutory rates have been uprated, and the Fair Work Agency is operational with proactive enforcement powers....
Stephanie Coward | 4th June 2026 | 18 min read
TUPE, or the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, protects employees when the business or service they work for transfers to a new employer. For UK HR managers, a TUPE transfer requires careful...
Stephanie Coward | | 24 min read
Pension auto-enrolment is a legal requirement for all UK employers to automatically enrol eligible staff into a workplace pension scheme and make contributions towards it. This is not a one-off task; it requires employers to assess their workforce every pay period,...
Stephanie Coward | 1st June 2026 | 19 min read
Statutory holiday entitlement is the legal minimum paid annual leave most UK workers are entitled to under the Working Time Regulations. For employers, the challenge is not the 5.6-week rule itself, but applying it correctly across part-time,...
Stephanie Coward | 29th May 2026 | 22 min read
Did you know your payroll is costing you more than you think? No, this isn’t a brash sales tactic, but rather an unfortunate truth. When most businesses think about payroll, they only consider costs like...
Stephanie Coward | | 9 min read
Statutory redundancy pay is a legal entitlement for UK employees who have been continuously employed for two years or more and are dismissed because their role is no longer required. For employers, managing a redundancy process...
Stephanie Coward | 15th May 2026 | 17 min read
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