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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Brexit: Workers’ Rights

"My Lords, I remind the House that 30% of trade unionists vote Conservative. These Benches are not unaware of their interests. I draw my colleagues’ attention to my entries in the register. Since the Government have agreed that all existing workers’ rights laws will be transferred into domestic law—that deals …..."
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Written Question
Conditions of Employment: Republic of Ireland
Monday 15th April 2019

Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018, signed into law by the President of the Republic of Ireland on 25 December 2018 and which came into force on 4 March 2019; and what plans they have, if any, to ensure regulatory alignment between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland by introducing similar legislation in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Lord Duncan of Springbank

Responsibility for employment policy sits with the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland.

Employment law in Northern Ireland currently meets the commitments in EU legislation and in many cases exceeds EU-required levels of protection. It will be for a Northern Ireland Minister, once the Executive is restored, to make future decisions in respect of employment policy.