With EU President Donald Tusk having received official notice of the UK’s plan to leave the European Union, HR Executives have weighed in on how they feel about the impending divorce.
With uncertainty surrounding issues such as worker rights and data protection, HR departments will be relieved to find that, throughout, the two-year negotiation process, these areas will be bound by EU law and thus protected.
And for companies who have significant numbers of EU staff, such as Pret A Manger, who have publicly called for protection of foreign-nationals’ working rights, workers from the European Economic Area will continue to have the right to work and live in Britain over the next 24 months.
Prime Minister Theresa May has also stated she does not plan to overhaul worker’s rights that are currently derived from EU law
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