There has been much speculation over the last three months as to
the extent to which UK employment law will be affected by the
Brexit decision. It is clear, however, that speculating about what
laws may change is speculation in itself, and we will not know what
the impacts will be for some time yet.
However, the more immediate impact of Brexit is on the timing of
new laws that were previously due – it appears that the
Government machinery in producing these new laws has slowed, and we
are seeing real delays in the launching of consultations and the
publication and implementation of new laws.
The delay which is probably of greatest significance to larger
employers is to the publication of the final version of the gender
pay gap legislation. Although it was expected that these
regulations would be published in the summer and come into force on
1 October 2016, the implementation date has been delayed until
April 2017 – and we are still waiting for the
