[IER] Johnson and employment law - what we know so far

[Sarah Glenister]

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Happy New Year to all from everybody at the Institute of Employment Rights.



We kick off 2020 under a new government, and closer than ever to leaving the European Union. As the IER has detailed in previous reports, both events introduce uncertainty for UK employment law. A detailed report and briefing on the potential impact of Brexit on workers’ rights was published by Professor Nicola Countouris and our President Professor Keith Ewing last year, the relevance of which has only increased since the results of the general election were announced.



That election delivered a parliamentary majority for Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party, granting the government with the power to impose its will unfettered by the opposition. With all 330 Tory MPs voting in favour of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill yesterday (Thursday 09 January), against 231 opposition votes, the legislation easily completed its passage through the House of Commons. It will now enter the House of Lords, where due to the Salisbury Convention – a time-honoured tradition by which the Lords will not oppose the deliverance of Manifesto promises – it is likely to be passed.



But Brexit is not all that Johnson's government is planning. Reports of "seismic" changes to the civil service, amendments to the Human Rights Act and limitations on the right to take industrial action abound. Our new bumper report on everything we know so far about Johnson's plans for employment law is now live on our website.

                        
                    
                
				

				
            
        
    

                            
                            
                                
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                            
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