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  European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill - New Clause 2 - Protecting Workersâ Rights
  
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  @ MP voted aye to maintain workers' rights derived from the European Union and to continue to give workers at least the same level of protection as provided within the union even after the UK's withdrawal. 
  
  @ MP voted no against maintaining workers' rights derived from the European Union and against continuing to give workers at least the same level of protection as provided within the union even after the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the union. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to maintain workers' rights derived from the European Union and to continue to give workers at least the same level of protection as provided within the union even after the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the union. 
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill.[1]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled:''Protecting workersâ rights'' and stated:
  
  :â(1) It shall be an objective of the Government to secure an agreement with the European Union that achieves the following outcomesâ
  
  :(a) that the United Kingdom will not introduce any measure which would have the effect of reducing in any way the protection provided by any Retained EU Worker Rights after IP completion day;
  
  :(b) that the United Kingdom shall take all steps necessary to ensure that, from exit day, all Retained EU Worker Rights will continue to have at least the same level of protection in the United Kingdom as is applicable in other Member States;
  
  :(c) that where, after IP completion day, the European Union brings into force or effect any New EU Workersâ Rights, the result and legal consequences in the United Kingdom of those New EU Workersâ Rights shall be the same as if those New EU Workersâ Rights had been Workersâ Rights brought into force and effect by the European Union before IP completion day;
  
  :(d) that those parts of the Treaties which, before IP completion day, provide for any matter concerning the interpretation of Workers Rights in any part of the United Kingdom âto be determined by the Court of Justice of the European Union shall continue to apply to the United Kingdom or such part of the United Kingdom to the same extent after IP completion day;
  
  :(e) that after IP completion day, the procedural rules, including limitation periods, rules of courts and tribunals and remedies, governing actions for safeguarding New EU Workersâ Rights and Retained EU Worker Rights in the United Kingdom shall continue to be no less favourable than the procedural rules governing similar actions under United Kingdom law;
  
  :(f) that nothing in this clause shall prevent the United Kingdom from introducing amendments to Workersâ Rights for the purpose of making such provisions more favourable to the protection of workers;
  
  :(g) that the terms at (a) to (f) shall have direct effect and shall be recognised and available in law and be capable of enforcement by individuals and their trade unions in courts and tribunal.
  
  :(2) Subsections (3) and (4) cease to apply if the Government has secured an agreement with the European Union that achieves the objective in subsection (1).
  
  :(3) A Minister of the Crown must make an oral statement to the House of Commons on the objective in subsection (1)â
  
  :(a) within three months of this Act coming into force;
  
  :(b) at least as frequently as every 28 days thereafter.
  
  :(4) Each statement made under subsection (3) must set outâ
  
  :(a) the steps taken by the Government, and the progress made in negotiations with the European Union, for the purpose of achieving the objective in subsection (1); and
  
  :(b) whether in the Ministerâs opinion an agreement with the European Union achieving the objective of subsection (1) is likely to be achieved by IP completion day and, if not, setting out the reasons for this.
  
  :(5) For the purpose of this sectionâ
  
  :âNew EU Worker Rightâ means any Workersâ Rightsâ
  
  :(a) which Member States are obliged to confer by an EU directive published in the Official Journal of the European Union on or after IP completion day; or
  
  :(b) that are conferred by an EU regulation or other instrument published in the Official Journal of the European Union on or after IP completion day; or
  
  :(c) that arise out of a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union on or after IP completion day;
  
  :and shall include any improvement to a Workersâ Right which existed before IP completion day;
  
  :âRetained EU Worker Rightsâ means Workersâ Rights whichâ
  
  :(a) immediately before IP completion day, the United Kingdom was obliged to confer by virtue of the Treaties and the EU directives listed in Schedule 1, or which were, without further enactment, given legal effect in the United Kingdom; and
  
  :(b) on IP completion day, continued to have effect in any part of the United Kingdom;
  
  :âWorkersâ Rightsâ means rights of individuals, classes of individuals and their trade unions, in all areas of labour protection includingâ
  
  :(a) fundamental rights at work, including all forms of discrimination;
  
  :(b) fair working conditions and employment standards;
  
  :(c) information and consultation rights;
  
  :(d) restructuring of undertakings and acquired rights; and
  
  :(e) health and safety at work.â
  
  :âExit dayâ shall have the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
  
  :âIP completion dayâ shall have the same meaning as in the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement provided by its proposer:
  
  
  :This new clause would require the Government to negotiate a comprehensive agreement with the EU protecting workersâ rights.
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