The Impact of Brexit on Employment Law in Scotland
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DOI | 10.3366/elr.2018.0469 |
Published date | 01 January 2018 |
Date | 01 January 2018 |
Pages | 160-165 |
In the run-up to the “Brexit” referendum, workers’ rights were invoked repeatedly by both sides of the campaign as either a reason to back or oppose a British exit from the European Union (“EU”). Following the referendum, the debate over workers’ rights and their continuing protection once the UK leaves the EU, has been reignited. The Scottish Government has expressed particular concern about Brexit's potential impact on social rights, including the rights of workers,
Employment and industrial relations, health and safety, and most aspects of equal opportunities are reserved matters under Schedule 5 Part 2, Head H to the Scotland Act 1998. Although the Scotland Act 2016 gave the Scottish Parliament greater powers in the field of equal opportunities
Apart from the provisions in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”)
Overall, therefore, EU-derived employment laws cover a patchwork of rights in the UK. Although it is...
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