Prime Minister Theresa May announced 11 new rights for employees as part of the 2017 Conservative manifesto this week.
They include worker representation on company boards and a new right to request leave for training.
However, Leon Deakin, employment partner at Coffin Mew Solicitors, said: ‘An examination of the detail leaves many questions to be answered.’
While the statutory right to take up to a year off to care for a disabled dependant extends existing rights, the time off would be unpaid, he said.
Following the earlier leak of a partially completed Labour manifesto, the final version was released this week. A Labour government would not ban court fees but would introduce ‘a ratio to establish the maximum difference between actual costs and charges levied’. The manifesto also pledges to ‘consider’ the recommendations of the independent Bach commission on access to justice, which is supported by the Fabian Society.
See Jon Robins’s coverage of the Labour pledges here.
