UK Government Plans to Introduce the ‘Right to Switch Off’

The UK government has recently indicated that it intends to introduce the “right to switch off” for workers. This follows a global trend of similar legislation in other jurisdictions. As outlined in our earlier post on LaborSphere, a similar right has recently taken effect in Australia and is already standard in many European countries.

In its “Plan to Make Work Pay,” the government states that it intends to follow models such as those that are already in place in Ireland and Belgium, “giving workers and employers the opportunity to have constructive conversations and work together on bespoke workplace policies or contractual terms that benefit both parties.”