It has been an unusual first month in office for the new Prime Minister Liz Truss. Just two days after being asked to form a government by the Queen in Balmoral, Her Majesty the Queen passed away and Parliament was suspended.
Following the funeral, attention is now turning to the new PM’s in-tray, including any legislative changes that she may seek to implement over the coming months.
In this article, we look at which areas of employment law may be a focus for the new government.
As a reminder, following the Brexit deal the UK government can, in principle, repeal UK laws that derive from EU laws, save that the concept of “non-regression” means that if the UK weakens or reduces the level of labour and social protections such that it affects trade and investment between the UK and EU, the EU could ultimately impose “rebalancing measures” such as tariffs (and the same applies vice versa).
However, on 22 September 2022 the government published the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. This Bill is complex but, in summary, it provides for the automatic revocation of all EU-derived subordinate legislation and retained directly applicable EU legislation, from the end of 2023. The only exceptions will be areas that are specified in regulations made by a minister or devolved authority, and such retained laws will be known as “assimilated law”. There are also provisions to limit or remove the effect of EU case law in UK courts and tribunals. EU-derived employment legislation...
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