In her speech at the Conservative Party conference the UK prime minister, Theresa May, seemed to clearly indicate that the UK was heading for a “hard Brexit. This would mean that EU law no longer applied in the UK, including labour law, after Brexit.
What would a “hard Brexit” means for European Works Councils? (it is always possible that a “hard Brexit” will be avoided. But, for the purposes of this article we assume it will happen). Having talked with a number of EWC experts, Plant Labour has concluded that the position appears to be this.
With “hard Brexit”:
- EWCs could no longer be legally “housed” in the UK. It will be necessary to switch EWCs to another jurisdiction.
- UK employees would no longer be legally entitled to be represented on
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