Labour will allow millions of workers to set their own hours under dramatic new plans for a ‘workplace revolution’.

If Jeremy Corbyn wins the election, Labour will bring in a new ‘presumption in favour of flexible working’ – under which all staff will get the right to choose their pattern.

The party said bosses would have to give particular thought to women with the menopause who demand flexible hours.

If Jeremy Corbyn wins the election, Labour will bring in a new ‘presumption in favour of flexible working’ – under which all staff will get the right to choose their pattern

The onus would be on the employer to prove that a job is not suitable for flexible working. If they could not do so, they would have to submit to their workers’ demands.

The reforms were announced by shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler, who said: ‘Labour will deliver a workplace revolution to bring about a step-change in how women are treated at work.’

But Andrea Leadsom, the Business Secretary, said: ‘A vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour is a vote to put businesses and jobs at risk. Their reckless plans would cripple businesses across the country ...’

Labour is also considering a plan to give workers greater rights to determine their own wages, it was claimed last night.

Laura Pidcock, the party’s employment rights spokesman, told Labour activists: ‘It is workers, actually, who should be evaluating what their rate of pay is for the skill that they have and the job that they do.’