Leaked documents, first obtained by the FT, show the party changed the wording of its plans to strengthen workers rights at its national policy forum in July in an apparent attempt to head off Tory criticisms of its approach to business.
Angela Rayner, the party's deputy leader, whose portfolio covers workers' rights, said yesterday that Labour still intends to ban zero-hour contracts, tackle bogus self-employment and end qualifying periods for rights in the "biggest levelling-up of workers' rights in decades".
"Far from watering it down, we will now set out in detail how we will implement it and tackle the Tories' scaremongering," she added.
However, the leaked text of party's policy from July suggests there may be more flexibility in its approach than before. Labour had been planning to create a single "worker" status for all but the genuinely selfemployed, ensuring the same rights for everyone regardless of sector, wage or type of contract.
The forum agreed last month to consult on this policy after entering government to create "a simpler framework" that differentiates between workers and the genuinely self-employed in a way that would "properly capture the breadth of employment relationships in the UK" as well as ensuring workers can still "benefit from flexible working where they choose to do so".
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