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The Brexit deal and the International Labour Organisation Conventions
Far from being a cause for optimism, the Brexit agreement’s commitment to work within ILO standards does not hold water, argue NICOLA COUNTOURIS, KD EWING and LORD HENDY QC of the Institute of Employment Rights

AS WE pointed out in our previous article, the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) was engineered to permit the dilution in the UK of those workers’ rights derived from EU law which are in force on December 31.  

The TCA offers no guarantee of continuing alignment of rights after Brexit, the likelihood being that British standards will fall further and further behind our European neighbours.

There are nevertheless other provisions of the TCA which relate to workers’ rights which should not pass without comment.  

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