[IER] Book now for Post-Brexit Employment Rights and Trade Deals

[Sarah Glenister]

Events update 03/07/17

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Post-Brexit Employment Rights and Trade Deals: London
19 July 2017 - 09:30 - 15:30
Unite the Union, London

Speakers:
Chaired by Adrian Weir, Unite

Diana Holland, Unite
Trade and employment rights post-Brexit: setting standards in UK industries

Ian Hodson, BFAWU
Brexit and trade deals: a BFAWU perspective

Iain Birell, Thompsons Solicitors
How Brexit is affecting caselaw already?

Prof. Keith Ewing, IER President
The time limited floor of workers' rights in post-Brexit trade deal Britain. Is there a better way?

Prof. John Foster, University of West Scotland
Scotland and Brexit

Robin White, Old Square Chambers
Equality legislation before and after the EU exit 

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What kind of deal can we expect out of Brexit? Politicians' answers were unclear before the General Election, and now that the Conservative Party has lost its majority, that uncertainty can only grow. Despite verbal assurances from the government, no protection for workers' rights has yet been set in stone. As such, EU laws including the Working Time Directive, rights around holiday pay, and equality protections could now be at risk.

Current plans for the Great Repeal Bill have been criticised for providing the government with too many sweeping "Henry VIII" powers – that is, the ability to amend thousands of laws without even debating them in parliament. These powers could allow politicians to water down workers' rights. There are also fears that case law derived from the EU could be overturned by British judges if they are challenged following the UK's exit from the bloc.

As a result, there have been widespread calls for workers' rights derived from the EU to be added to the UK statute in primary legislation, which would prevent them from being amended or overturned without a parliamentary vote. However, the Conservative Party has thus far refused to do so. 

Once it leaves the EU, the UK will also need to sign new international trade deals with countries and blocs around the globe. In many of these negotiations, the government is expected to face pressure to enter into a race to the bottom on workers' rights and to agree to 'corporation-friendly' terms that could deepen economic inequalities as well as push the UK towards greater privatisation of public services such as the NHS. 

At this one-day conference, some of the UK's leading academics, lawyers and campaigners will discuss the threats to employment law posed by Brexit, as well as proposing ideas for how workers' rights can be protected and even improved upon during the negotiations with the EU, as well as in future trade deals.

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