In 2021, Labour launched their Employment Rights Green Paper ‘A new deal for working people’ and committed to introducing new employment laws within the first 100 days of government. Many of the Green Paper’s reform proposals were reflected more recently in a wide-ranging programme of provisional policies obtained by LabourList. Although the policies will need to be signed off by the party’s national policy forum over the summer, they are likely to form the blueprint shaping the party’s manifesto for the general election.

Included in these proposed reforms are commitments from the Labour party to:

• introduce a new right to disconnect;
• introduce a day one right to flexible working; and
• reform aspects of existing family leave rights and protections.

Right to disconnect

What is driving the interest in a right to disconnect?

Over the past few years, the question of how we maintain a balance between home and work life has become increasingly debated, driven in part by the growing number of employees working remotely. While many have experienced the upsides to greater flexibility in how, where and when they work, regular home working can make it more difficult to “switch off” from work, with employees’ evenings often being interrupted by calls and emails. We have also seen broader shifts, particularly among younger generations, in what people are demanding from their jobs – purpose, flexibility, autonomy and belonging are all becoming increasingly important to the workforce....

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