[IER] BRIEFING: The two Brexit ‘deals’ - and their implications for workers’ rights - compared

[Sarah Glenister]

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BRIEFING: The two Brexit ‘deals’ - and their implications for workers’ rights - compared


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The Institute of Employment Rights today published a timely briefing prepared by EU law expert Professor Nicola Countouris and IER President Professor Keith Ewing.

In this detailed report, Professors Countouris, who is Professor of Labour Law and European Law at University College London, and Ewing compare the Brexit 'deals' offered by Theresa May and Boris Johnson in terms of how they will affect workers' rights.

They warn that while Johnson's deal retains a high degree of UK access to the European market, it drops the UK's commitment to maintain a level playing field with the EU on workers' rights.

The new deal is "extremely non-committal in terms of what will happen to UK labour standards after the expiry of the transition period", they explain.

"In plain English that means that future UK governments reserve their right to lower labour law standards and the EU reserves its power to limit access to the EU internal market if that risks giving an unfair competitive advantage to UK goods and services," they add..




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FREE: Brexit and Workers' Rights


Now, on the brink of the third deadline for a Brexit deal, two leading UK academics consider the possible implications of a ‘no-deal Brexit’ for UK workers’ rights. They conclude that the process and the post-Brexit architecture will be owned and determined by the political party in power at the time of Brexit and they pose two alternative scenarios.

Either the future could deliver a relentless process of ossification, stagnation and erosion of UK labour rights led by politicians traditionally hostile to workers’ rights. Or, the UK could not only protect those UK rights already on the statute book but could resist the tendencies of the European Commission to decentralise collective bargaining arrangements and deregulate employment protection legislation.

 



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FREE: Guide to a progressive Industrial Relations Bill


Download our free  <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=743d7bf81a&e=71131c031b> Guide to a progressive Industrial Relations Bill, in which we explain our recommendations for reform in a digestible and easy-to-read format, laying out our vision for an effective framework of labour law fit for the 21st century.

We believe this Bill will transform the world of work for millions of people, give workers a voice in parliament, in their jobs, and across the economy at large.

 

 



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