By Dan Pollard Labour’s new plan for workers’ rights promises to put employees first, but it risks badly backfiring, writes employment law expert Dan Pollard in today’s Notebook How Labour’s workers’ deal could backfire Labour’s pledge to guarantee “day one rights for all workers” will end the requirement for employees to have two years’ service to claim unfair dismissal. This qualifying period was increased from one to two years by the coalition government back in 2012. After an employee has two years’ service employers must have a valid reason to dismiss. Acceptable reasons include redundanc…