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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Labour to make it harder to stop working from home

First Secretary of State Louise Haigh has pledged to make it harder for employers to block staff working from home (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labour has pledged to make it harder for employers to block staff doing their job from home, in a bid to hand more power to workers.

Speaking to the annual Trade Unions Congress (TUC) in Brighton, Louise Haigh, the de facto deputy prime minister, said businesses would have to show they had “properly” considered a worker’s request before rejecting it.

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