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MINISTERS are expected to axe plans to give people a right to “switch off” outside working hours, it was revealed today.
The policy was a central part of Labour’s New Deal for Working People, the promise to strengthen employment rights contained in the party’s general election manifesto.
It did not appear in the Employment Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament, but ministers have pledged that it will emerge in the future.
Labour’s long-promised Act has scraped through the Lords. While the law marks a step forward, its lack of collective rights leaves workers short-changed — and sets the stage for a renewed campaign for an Employment Rights Bill #2, argues TONY BURKE
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street