Ministers are planning to scrap the limit on unfair dismissal payouts in a bid to appease unions after watering down other worker protections.
At present, unfair dismissal payouts are capped at £118,000, but are now set to become unlimited.
The government had planned to give workers protection against unfair dismissal from the first day of their employment, but now intends to only make such a claim possible after six months of service.
Other day-one rights, such as parental leave and sick pay, are still set to go ahead.
The unfair dismissal protection, The Times reports, is also being fast-tracked and will now come into effect on January 1 2027.
Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, who let the employment rights reforms, said she was “delighted workers will now benefit quicker from our landmark Employment Rights Bill”.
Some employment experts, though, have warned that the change could lead to bosses being “more cold blooded” during probation periods, if the cap for fines levied on employers was scrapped.