Trade unions across the UK have backed calls for employment law to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
The historic decision by the TUC, which represents 5.5m workers, comes after Labour said they would not hand extra powers to MSPs.
The motion, proposed by Unite, stated: “Congress further notes that devolution of employment law is the policy of the Labour Party in Scotland and supported by the current Scottish Parliament.
It called for the “repeal of all current anti-trade union legislation” and the “devolution of employment law to Scotland”.
In practice, it would give MSPs the chance to set a higher minimum wage and abolish ‘fire and rehire’.
STUC General Secretary Roz Foyer said: "It’s a deeply welcome development that the TUC has backed a motion calling for the devolution of employment law to Scotland.
"It’s clear, especially to any incoming UK Labour Government, that the voices of workers across the country now support the Scottish Parliament having full autonomy over labour and employment rights.
"A guaranteed minimum floor of workers’ rights across the UK is a prudent first step to achieve this.
"We would expect both UK and Scottish Labour politicians to entrench and build on these rights within both parliaments, ensuring the Scottish Parliament is empowered whilst giving every worker in every workplace a guaranteed standard of rights from day one of any future UK Labour Government."
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