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provide that, notwithstanding the European Communities Act 1972, workers |
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or members of a trade union who are UK nationals shall have rights of |
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employment in the United Kingdom equal to or as favourable as those |
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afforded to foreign nationals or conferred by the United Kingdom Parliament. |
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Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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1 | Employment rights for United Kingdom workers |
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(1) | Notwithstanding the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), including |
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rulings of the European Court of Justice, nothing in Article 49 EC or Directive |
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96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision |
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of services, shall operate to prevent or inhibit workers or members of a trade |
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union who are United Kingdom nationals from rights of employment in the |
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United Kingdom equal to or, as favourable as those afforded to foreign |
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national or as conferred by the United Kingdom Parliament. |
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(2) | This Act shall be binding in legal proceedings in the United Kingdom. |
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This Act may be cited as the Employment Rights Act 2009. |
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