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Brexit: no deal no alarm?

20 September 2018 / Charles Pigott
Issue: 7809 / Categories: Features , Brexit , Employment
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Deal or no deal, government promises Brexit won’t affect workplace rights: Charles Pigott examines the evidence

  • Assurances have been offered that a no deal Brexit will have no impact in the UK in relation to workplace rights.
  • This matches the commitment to ‘non-regression of labour standards’ in the Chequers white paper.

It seems that UK workplace rights will be at least one area of national life that won’t be disrupted by Brexit—or so the government has assured us in a guidance note published last month. This note is one of 25 separate notes published on 23 August 2018 as part of the government’s preparations for a no-deal Brexit. Another large batch was published on 13 September and more are promised.

The workplace rights guidance note

The scene is set in an overall guidance note which explains the government’s preparations for a no-deal Brexit in the context of the negotiations on a withdrawal agreement with the EU. As the government puts it: ‘People and businesses should not be alarmed by “no deal”

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