'Imagine a country in which there is:
– No statutory right to paid holiday
– No legal limit on the number of hours employees can be required to work
– No right to a daily rest period
– No laws to prevent employers discriminating against workers who are disabled or who have particular religious beliefs
– No right for employees to take time off work to look after a sick child.
This was the UK before the New Labour government was elected in 1997. Since then a substantial number of employment rights have been introduced – most of which have their roots in EU legislation.
Thanks to the EU, employers cannot treat part-time workers less favourably than full-time workers, working parents have a right to take leave to look after their children, and temporary agency workers and workers with fixed-term contracts are entitled to the same basic conditions as comparable workers with permanent contracts.'
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