Brexit and employment law | Acas

Employment rights remain the same since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (Brexit), except some changes to:

employer insolvency for UK employees working in the EU
membership of European Works Councils
employing EU citizens

See what’s changed with the Brexit checker on GOV.UK.

Hiring someone from outside the UK

See our advice on hiring people from the EU.

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Last reviewed 25 January 2021

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