CHAPTER I U.K. EMPLOYMENT, EQUAL TREATMENT AND WORKERS’ FAMILIES

SECTION 2 U.K. Employment and equality of treatment

Article 7 U.K.

1. A worker who is a national of a Member State may not, in the territory of another Member State, be treated differently from national workers by reason of his nationality in respect of any conditions of employment and work, in particular as regards remuneration, dismissal, and, should he become unemployed, reinstatement or re-employment.

2. He shall enjoy the same social and tax advantages as national workers.

[F1 2A. Paragraphs 1 and 2 do not apply in relation to the matters set out in the Schedule to the Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022 (relevant matters).]

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4. Any clause of a collective or individual agreement or of any other collective regulation concerning eligibility for employment, remuneration and other conditions of work or dismissal shall be null and void in so far as it lays down or authorises discriminatory conditions in respect of workers who are nationals of the other Member States.

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 7(2A) inserted (29.11.2022) by The Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1240), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a) (with reg. 1(4))

F2 Art. 7(3) omitted (29.11.2022) by virtue of The Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1240), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b) (with reg. 1(4))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Arts. 2-10 restricted (31.12.2020) by Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (c. 20), s. 9(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(2) (with s. 4(2)); S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c)

Article 8 U.K.

A worker who is a national of a Member State and who is employed in the territory of another Member State shall enjoy equality of treatment as regards membership of trade unions and the exercise of rights attaching thereto, including the right to vote and to be eligible for the administration or management posts of a trade union. He may be excluded from taking part in the management of bodies governed by public law and from holding an office governed by public law. Furthermore, he shall have the right of eligibility for workers’ representative bodies in the undertaking.

The first paragraph of this Article shall not affect laws or regulations in certain Member States which grant more extensive rights to workers coming from the other Member States.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Arts. 2-10 restricted (31.12.2020) by Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (c. 20), s. 9(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(2) (with s. 4(2)); S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c)

F3 Article 9 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Art. 9 omitted (29.11.2022) by virtue of The Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1240), regs. 1(2), 4(3) (with reg. 1(4))