[IER] Government scrap Retained EU Law Bill sunset clause

Thu May 11 16:33:05 BST 2023

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Government scraps controversial sunset clause in Retained EU Law Bill

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In a long-awaited decision, the Government have announced that they are scrapping the controversial “sunset clause” in its Retained EU Law Bill due to the “risks of legal uncertainty”, and will instead publish a list of around 600 pieces of legislation that it intends to revoke under the bill by the end of 2023.

The Retained EU Law (Reform and Revocation) Bill – REUL, championed by former Business Secretary and arch-Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg, would have automatically deleted every EU law which hadn’t already been reviewed by the government.

Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch said the Government remains committed to deregulation. In her statement, she announced a specific package of proposals for employment law reform, including around working hours, and rules governing the transfer of employees between undertakings (see next story below)

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Working Time regulations under threat as Govt stoke Bonfire of Workers’ Rights again

Trades unions have warned that workers’ rights are in danger again after the government unveiled new plans to scrap EU rules on working hours as part of its drive to cut “unnecessary red tape”.

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TUC – Conservatives have broken election promise on workers’ rights

TUC calls on government to come clean on scale of employment reforms which could see holiday pay also downgraded 

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‘Doomed’ Tories seeking to ‘do as much damage as they can’ with anti-union laws and bonfire of rights

Ben Chacko (Morning Star) reports from the Prison Officers Association conference in Eastbourne, where the IER held a joint fringe with the POA 

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1 in 5 workers’ right to strike at risk because of the government’s anti-strikes bill

Around 5.5 million workers across the Britain have their right to strike threatened by the Strikes Bill 

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We Make Tomorrow – conference 20 May, Manchester

We Make Tomorrow is a one-day conference for building workers power on climate and crisis. 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/we-make-tomorrow-conference-20-may-manchester/> Details and registration here 

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Legal mobilisation and data-driven technologies:

A two part blog post in the IER series on “Labour, Strategy, and legal mobilisation”, by Aude Cefaliello and Antonio Aloisi.  

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