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  European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - New Clause 79 - Reporting Amendments to EU Laws Forming Part of UK Law - Workers' Rights
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require the UK Government to report on changes to EU legislation which form part of UK law, and to require the Government to consider adopting such changes to ensure that the rights of workers and employees in the UK are no less favourable than they would have been had the UK remained a member of the EU or EEA.
  
  @ MP voted no against requiring the UK Government to report on changes to EU legislation which form part of UK law, and against requiring the Government to consider adopting such changes to ensure that the rights of workers and employees in the UK are no less favourable than they would have been had the UK remained a member of the EU or EEA.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring the UK Government to report on changes to EU legislation which form part of UK law, and against requiring the Government to consider adopting such changes to ensure that the rights of workers and employees in the UK are no less favourable than they would have been had the UK remained a member of the EU or EEA.
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill[1].
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Provisions relating to the EU or the EEA in respect of EU-derived domestic legislation'' and stated:
  
  :â(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0005/cbill_2017-20190005_en_2.htm#pb2-l1g5 section 5](1), HM Government shall make arrangements to report to both Houses of Parliament whenever circumstances arising in [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0005/cbill_2017-20190005_en_2.htm#pb2-l1g2 section 2](2)(d) would otherwise have amended provisions or definitions in UK law had the UK remained a member of the EU or EEA beyond exit day.
  
  :(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5(1) and having reported to both Houses of Parliament, HM Government is bound to consider whether it should incorporate amended provisions or definitions into UK law, in order to ensure that the rights of workers and employees in the UK are no less favourable than they would have been had the UK remained a member of the EU or EEA beyond exit day.
  
  :(3) Such circumstances arising in section 2(2)(d) include but are not limited toâ
  
  :(a) any future EU Directives relating to family-friendly employment rights; including but not limited to rights for pregnant workers and employees, and those returning from maternity leave,
  
  :(b) any future EU Directives relating to gender equality,
  
  :(c) the proposed Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on work-life balance for parents and carers.
  
  :(4) Reports presented under subsection (1) must includeâ
  
  :(i) an assessment of how such amendments to UK law would have impacted sex equality in the UK had the UK remained a member of the EU or EEA beyond exit day and
  
  :(ii) an assessment of how a failure to implement amended provisions or definitions in UK law will impact the ability of families to combine work and care in the UK and gender equality in the UK.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
  
  :This new clause would ensure that Parliament is informed of changes in EU and EEA provisions that might have amended UK laws around family-friendly employment rights and gender equality and their potential impact, as well as committing the Government to considering their implementation. This is to ensure that rights of workers and employees with caring responsibilities, and womenâs rights, are no less favourable than they would have been had the UK remained a member of the EU or EEA beyond exit day.
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/europeanunionwithdrawal.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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