Like buses, there are no developments in employment law for ages, and then three come along at once. The last week has seen key employment law developments that will cause a big impact. Walker Morris’ Employment & Immigration experts Andrew Rayment and Lucy Gordon explain.

Quick read:

• The Retained EU Law (Reform and Revocation) Bill, if implemented, will result in the mass revocation of any EU retained law not amended, replaced or repealed by 31 December 2023. Employees could lose key protections such as those under TUPE, the WTR and the AWR.
• IR35 reform will shift the onus on reporting an individual’s taxable liabilities from public authorities and large/medium private companies back onto individual contractors, as was the old policy regime.
• Regarding strike action, the government has sided with employers, and revealed plans to legislate to reduce strike action amidst recent disruption.

The Retained EU Law (Reform and Revocation) Bill

The Retained EU Law (Reform and Revocation) Bill (the Bill) published last week aims to enable the government to create regulations tailor-made to the UK’s needs. While the government has had the power to change or revoke EU retained law since 31 December 2020, the Bill aims to speed up reform by including a “sunset clause” under which any EU-derived subordinate legislation and retained direct EU legislation not amended, replaced or repealed by 31 December 2023 will be revoked.

The Bill also proposes to repeal the principle of...

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