Time to cut back on compliance
Camilla Cavendish
Financial Times
Labour’s plan to give staff a “right to disconnect” is typical of the state’s presumption that it should fix everything, says Camilla Cavendish. Burnout is real, but how can the “same politicians who support ‘flexible working’ simultaneously second-guess our working-day”? If I do the school run, should I not send emails in the evening? What about working on a deal in a different time zone? “One rule of thumb for policymaking might be: don’t pass a law that
