Following her surprise announcement on workers rights on the evening of 05 March, UK Prime Minister Theresa May continued her efforts to woo support by way of a tweet on 06 March, ‘Great Britain has put in place the finest global standard for workers rights and will continue to do so after Brexit.’ This was then followed by an official government statement ensuring that not only would there be no erosion of current rights post Brexit but labor legislation would even be improved after the UK leaves.
In the run up to the UK Parliament’s ‘meaningful vote’ on a revised EU-UK deal, PM Theresa May is promising new measures to both safeguard and improve workers’ rights after Brexit. The UK government has clarified that parliament will be given the right through the Withdrawal Agreement Bill to consider any future changes in EU law that strengthen workers’ rights or workplace health and safety standards, and vote on whether they too should be adopted into UK law.
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