UK proposes five employment law changes: removing EU caselaw on business requirements to keep working hour records, allowing rolled up holiday pay, removing distinction between Working Time Directive 4 week minimum period and UK extra 1.6 weeks, and more.
Ministers are considering scrapping the EU Working Time Directive. The news has been met with predictable howls from the usual suspects. This is the ‘health and safety’ law which limits most people’s working hours to 48 hours a week on average, including overtime. It has long been unpopular with employers, who warn it stifles productivity