In 1998, under former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Britain adopted the E.U.’s Working Time Directive, which guaranteed workers at least 20 days of paid vacation. The question now is: What happens to this patchwork of laws once Britain leaves the E.U. Former Prime Minister Theresa May had included a commitment in her withdrawal agreement(s) to maintain those protections after Brexit, Stephenson said. In other words, many of Britain’s standards and protections for women that were once guaranteed by the E.U. on this front and maintain many of those rules, Rahman said, but “there’s a lack of trust.”

Source: New York Times January 17, 2020 22:07 UTC