Nursery World - Brexit - No going back

The legislative disentanglement involved in the Brexit vote will keep lawmakers busy for years to come. Its implications for the early years sector are set out here by Phil Richardson, head of employment law at Stephensons Solicitors

phil-r Many of the employment law protections that come from European Union (EU) law are firmly embedded in the UK's legal and ideological framework. Laws protecting against unlawful discrimination are just one example of this.

However, there are some aspects of EU law that are not as intrinsically linked with the UK system as others, and it is these laws that may be more likely to change once the so-called ‘Brexit’ process is complete.

There is, understandably, a lot of anxiety and uncertainty surrounding the impact of the Brexit decision on the UK labour and employment market.

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