The UK’s relationship with EU employment law post-Brexit

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Essential points

The UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016 and completed the Brexit process on 31 December 2020. The UK Government gained powers to change, or override, existing EU law.
The principle that EU law has supremacy over UK law ended on 31 December 2023.
Some UK employment law changed immediately. Other issues are being tested in the courts.
Please note that on 30 September 2024 the UK Government stopped the commencement of section 6 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. The regulation encouraged UK courts to reinterpret assimilated EU case law as they saw fit. We will provided updated information on this change when alternative guidance is issued and on the employment law timetable.

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