The Government has announced “proposed changes to employment law that will cut red tape for businesses and save 1bn per year while safeguarding the rights of workers”. This comes as part of news that the Government is intending to change its approach to retained EU law.
Here is a summary of what is planned.
The EU Retained Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, introduced by Liz Truss’ Government last year, paved the way for all retained EU law to be revoked automatically at the end of 2023 unless it was expressly transferred into UK law. At least that was the plan.
In a written statement to Parliament, Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for the Department of Business and Trade, has confirmed a reversal in approach. Now only those laws expressly identified by the Government at the end of 2023 will be revoked. All other retained EU law will remain in place.
The indication is that this will affect around 600 laws to a lesser or greater degree (the Government’s current proposed list is here), as opposed to a potential 4,000, although the Government reserves the right to reform the rest at a later date “after proper assessment and consultation”.
At the same time, the Government has published the first in a series of regulatory reform announcements: “Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy”, which starts with extensive detail about the Government’s vision for reforming regulation in order to support economic growth.
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