This applies in particular to rights stemming from case law coming via the European court of justice, such as those applying to equal pay for part-time workers.

In 2017, the Great Grimsby MP had proposed a bill that would transpose all workersвЂ™ rights protected under EU law into UK law post-Brexit after concerns were raised that some could otherwise be removed by a future government using only a statutory instrument. Onn, who described her meeting as positive, was one of 24 Labour MPs who rebelled against the party whip on Tuesday night, either by voting against or abstaining on Yvette CooperвЂ™s amendment aiming to delay article 50 to buy time to prevent a no-deal Brexit. May had also told the Commons she wanted parliament to be able to вЂњconsider any measure approved by EU institutions that strengthens any of those protectionsвЂќ after Brexit in a calculated bid to win over some Labour MPs.Дowning Street hopes to persuade a handful of pro-Brexit Labour MPs to support any final deal that May brings back to parliament, partly because it needs to offset a group of diehard Conservative MPs that will not support any deal with the EU.

Downing Street advisers pointed to remarks made by the prime minister during TuesdayвЂ™s Brexit debate, where she said: вЂњThe government will not allow the UK leaving the EU to result in any lowering of standards in relation to employment, вЂ‹environmental protection or health and safety.вЂќ

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