Government to consult on changes to Working Time Directive

The Business Secretary has announced that the Government to consult on changes to Working Time Directive as part of its “drive for greater deregulation.” Kemi Badenoch told the Telegraph “improvements to employment law could help save businesses around £1bn a year, while safeguarding the rights of workers.” She explained: “We will consult on cutting unnecessary red tape on recording working hours, streamline engagement with workers when a business transfers to new owners, and provide up to five million UK workers with greater freedom to switch jobs by limiting non-compete clauses.” Meanwhile, Badenoch has blamed what she describes as Whitehall intransigence for the failure to scrap all EU laws by the end of the year, as promised by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. She has said she can only immediately scrap or reform approximately 600 EU laws because of the situation she inherited. The government had promised that 4,800 laws would be axed. Badenoch went on to say that she will develop a new approach that will mean, rather than chasing a deadline for scrapping the laws, her department will pursue “the meaningful reform government and businesses want to see

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