Ministers expected to axe ‘right to switch off’ in coming week

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.
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