From working on the sofa in your comfiest clothes to the freedom to get pesky life admin tasks done in between meetings, there’s no doubt that hybrid working has brought with it plenty of benefits. But, as many of us know also, it has majorly blurred the boundaries between work and home and made it harder than ever to truly check out.

Whether it’s a constant slurry of emails even after you’ve shut down your laptop or a boss who WhatsApps you over the weekend about something that could definitely wait until Monday, it can sometimes feel like there’s no escaping our jobs. Indeed, last year more than 31% of UK employees admitted that they do not have a good work/life balance, and a new government proposal is hoping to change that.

Following its initial campaign pledge, Labour has once again promised to introduce a “right to switch off,” which would allow workers to disconnect from their job outside of hours and refuse extra work during weekends.

The government has axed plans to give people a right to “switch off” outside of work hours