Now we see the consequences of not reading the small print. Tucked away in plain sight in the Labour manifesto was a New Deal for Working People. And what nobody bothered to read was the bit that guaranteed that employees would have the right to ask for flexible working from day one and that employers would have to have a very good excuse to say no.
And now the other bit is sinking in. Angela Rayner, that busy bee, is drafting up measures to ensure that employees have the “right to switch off” out of hours. So employers who have the sheer bad taste to contact their workers outside working hours, including holidays, could find themselves on the wrong end of an employment tribunal.
