The British Government has published its opening position on the
rights of EU Citizens to remain and work in the UK after Brexit in
2019.
The proposals are conditional upon reciprocal arrangements being
agreed with the EU for UK citizens to live and work in the EU.
There is still much negotiating to be done and the final deal needs
approval of all 28 Member States and the European parliament. The
EU's initial response to the UK proposals is that they do not
go far enough.
Meanwhile, we await the details of EU's proposals for UK
citizens in Europe.
Impact on employees
This issue is already affecting employment contracts for non-UK
EU citizens working in the UK for employers with multi-country
operations in Europe. Such employees are challenging clauses in
their contracts that say their employment can be terminated if they
lose the right to work in the UK. Employees are starting to ask
employers to agree to re-deploy them to another European office if
that were
