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Sunday, May 24, 2026

Certainty on post-Brexit employment law is lacking as deadline looms - The Times

Employers can’t be left scratching their heads over basic obligations to staff

Ministers were in the peculiar position recently of having to pledge to protect women’s rights to equal pay — having scrapped that right with the Retained EU Law Act.

The widely opposed legislation takes effect at the beginning of next year as the sun sets on EU law in the UK, with worker rights a particular flashpoint. Stripping UK employment law of EU principles developed over the last half century is not only a conceptual conundrum, it will fundamentally destabilise employment law rights in the UK. Employers will be left scratching their heads over what action they need to take to fulfil their basic obligations to staff.

The Act began life as the Brexit Freedoms Bill, intended to restore parliamentary sovereignty following the UK’s departure

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