Balancing Work and Life: The Right to Disconnect and Menopause Action Plans
- Employment Law
- 19th Jul 2024
The Right to Disconnect Labour plans to introduce a right for employees to ‘switch off’ from work, aiming to address issues of overwork and promote a healthier work-life balance. Expected Benefits: improved mental health and well-being for employees; and reduced burnout and increased productivity. Potential Challenges: implementation in industries where continuous availability is expected; and […]
By Amy Jefferson
MLP Law
The Right to Disconnect
Labour plans to introduce a right for employees to ‘switch off’ from work, aiming to address issues of overwork and promote a healthier work-life balance.
- Expected Benefits: improved mental health and well-being for employees; and reduced burnout and increased productivity.
- Potential Challenges: implementation in industries where continuous availability is expected; and ensuring consistent application across different job roles.
Implementation
Employers will need to establishing guidelines for reasonable working hours.
Menopause Action Plans
Large businesses with at least 250 employees will have to produce a ‘menopause action plan’. The plan would need to demonstrate how the business supports employees going through menopause.
Labour will also develop guidance and the factors employers should consider when supporting employees going through menopause.
About the expert
Amy Jefferson
Paralegal - Employment Law
Following the completion of her undergraduate degree in Law, Amy started her legal career at a trade union law firm based in Sheffield in September 2022.
Amy’s interest in legal practice began following a series of trips to the Manchester Crown Court public gallery with her Grandad. What started as a few day trips sparked a real interest in legal practice and a few years later she undertook work experience with a high street firm in Bramhall specialising in employment law.
This area was further explored during university by studying an elective module in employment law and completing a part time work placement in employment law alongside studies in her final year. After university, looking to explore her options she began working in personal injury. However, quickly missing the pace and range of employment law, she returned to the area and has found the work to be meaningful and rewarding.
In her spare time, Amy likes to attend live music events and go for walks in the Peak District.
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