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Re: Britain outside the EU
https://news.sky.com/story/eu-equali...rkers-13002094
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EU equality laws to be reinstated to avoid 'gap in protections' for workers
Lawyers have welcomed the move to retain EU-derived protections on workers' rights - but it risks angering Tory Eurosceptics who want to see a divergence from Brussels laws.
The government has announced plans to reinstate EU equality laws before they expire at the end of the year – admitting the move is required to avoid a "clear gap in protections" for workers.
Ministers will today lay a statutory instrument intended to "enshrine" key rights and principles derived from the European Union into British law.
It follows questions over whether some employment protections related to things like equal pay and maternity leave would be scrapped from January when The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill comes into effect.
The controversial legislation - also known as the "Brexit Freedoms Bill" - will dispense with hundreds of Brussels-derived laws still on British statue books. It will also end the supremacy of EU law over UK law, erasing previous case law principles.
Trade unions and employment lawyers had warned this would create uncertainty over key protections for British workers which derive from the EU and don't exist in British law.
The government said its update today means "that necessary protections are clearly stated in our domestic legislation".
One legal expert welcomed the announcement - but said it raised "legitimate questions" around what gains had been made from post-Brexit sovereignty if EU laws are simply going to be replicated.
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