How would the Brexit affect UK employers?

The EU is often chastised for bringing unnecessary red tape – for example the Working Time Directive, safeguarding health and safety for employees in the workplace - to the world of employment; so surely this will disappear in the event of a Brexit?

Well, not instantly…  

Speaking to HR Grapevine, Philip Paget, Employment Law Partner at Gordons, discussed the differences between EU and UK legislation: “UK domestic legislation traditionally tends to focus on the individual relationship between employee and employer. EU employment related legislation, by contrast, takes a more collective approach, for example covering the three main areas of labour law, health and safety and equality/non-discrimination. Key examples include the Working Time Directive, the Acquired Rights Directive and the Temporary Agency Workers Directive, which led to the Working Time Regulations, TUPE and the Agency Workers Regulations respectively.”

So in the event of a Brexit what do UK employers need to be asking?