May’s Brexit deal gambles with our rights at work. Nobody voted for that | Jason Moyer-Lee

The agreement leaves wide open the future of EU protections on discrimination at work, equal pay and paid holidaysOf the various ways in which Brexit represents a threat to workers’ rights, the loss of EU employment law is one of the gravest. EU law – which covers everything from discrimination at work to equal pay and paid holidays – is important not just because in some cases it introduces rights that didn’t previously exist, but also because in effect it supersedes domestic law, and is subject to a European court that, on the whole, interprets the law more favourably for workers than British courts do.And unless done through EU structures, a rightwing majority in the UK will currently struggle to remove EU legal rights, notwithstanding their ardent desire to cut all that red tape. In recognition of the protections EU law provides at work, the prime minister has previously promised that these wouldn’t be lost as a result of Brexit. And yet, despite all the heated rhetoric and pontification about Theresa May’s Brexit deal, not much has been said about its implications for workers’ rights. Continue reading…
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