EU law

New and updated

• Draft EU employment legislation state of play, April 2020

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to include EU response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Brexit: Letter reminding EEA nationals to apply for settled or pre-settled status

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to flag up the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the processing of applications for settled status.

• How should employers carry out right to work in the UK checks for European nationals following Brexit?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Brexit: resource round-up

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Following the UK's departure from the EU on 31 January 2020, EU law continues to apply to the UK as if it were a member of the EU until 31 December 2020, the date when the transition period ends. Our resources will help employers to prepare for the end of the free movement rules and the new regime that will be in effect from 1 January 2021, and to understand potential changes to UK employment law.

• How to prepare for Brexit

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to include information on the Government's policy statement on the new immigration system to apply from 1 January 2021.

• Webinar: Brexit - future-proof your workforce

  Date:

  12 February 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Louise Haycock, partner at Fragomen, and solicitor Zahira Patel run through the steps you need to take to be Brexit ready, including assessing the impact of Brexit on UK employees who are based in EU countries.

• What impact will Brexit have on employment law?

  Type:

  FAQs

• What impact will Brexit have on EU nationals currently working in the UK?

  Type:

  FAQs

• What effect will Brexit have on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation to the UK?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Technical amendments to employment law following the UK's exit from the EU take effect

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  Updated to reflect that the draft Employment Rights (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the draft Employment Rights (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (No.2) Regulations 2019 have been finalised.