The BBC reported that certain measures have not been featured in the Employment Rights Bill — after being included in Labour's plan to "Make Work Pay" issued before the general election. These include the "right to switch off" — preventing employers from contacting staff out of hours on phones, emails and texts.

Britain’s new Labour government has unveiled a slew of new rights for workers, including more generous rules for sick pay and parental leave and major restrictions on certain precarious employment practices such as fire and rehire.

Keir Starmer’s new UK government will unveil a package of new workers’ rights on Thursday as the prime minister seeks to balance the competing demands of his Labour Party’s union funders and business leaders whose approval he’s been courting for the past four years.

A major shake-up of workers' rights is on its way, but the reforms proposed are still being worked out and it is still unclear how some will work in practice. Changes could still be made before most of them take effect in two years' time,

Labour’s workers’ rights bill is expected to be tabled in the coming days as the party looks to deliver on its pledge to pass the landmark reforms within 100 days of power. The raft of major changes is part of the Employment Rights Bill,