Tuesday, 28 March 2017

The Great Repeal Revisited For Brexit.



According to Yahoo News, the UK's "The Great Repeal" bill is one of "the most significant British law in four decades." However, not every Briton or even some lawmakers know about it. It is also known as the European Communities Act 1972 -- the main reason why UK law treats EU law as national laws.



Triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to begin the UK's Brexit, Britain would still have UK and EU laws made in the last 40 years as part of the constitution. This creates certainty between the two nations that the UK would continue to respect EU laws especially with foreign EU workers in the United Kingdom.

The Great Repeal Bill allows ministers to change primary legislation using secondary legislation and it will be examined in the House of Commons and House of Lords. Both will need to approve before the task of dismantling certain EU laws can be passed into law.

While EU laws integrated and practiced in the last four decades would remain, a steady Brexit would allow the UK to practice its own laws and provide equivalents to existing EU laws. Both parties would use the bill to ensure there are no blind spots as soon as the UK leaves the Union.

Sunday, 26 February 2017

UK Supreme Court Considers Downsides Of £18,600 Minimum Income For Immigrant Families



The UK Supreme Court backs UK Prime Minister Theresa May's £18,600 minimum income requirement for British individuals to bring in non-European spouses in Britain. But, it also acknowledges the "harshness" of the particular tenet -- the reality painted by immigrant family campaigners as tens of thousands of British families torn apart by the requirement.



According to Lord Carnwath and fellow judges, the minimum income threshold is "accepted in principle" but said the Home Office's rules and guidance is "defective and unlawful" until it "gives weight to the interests of children involved.

The threshold of £18,600 is quite high as it excludes almost half of Britain's population to bring into 
UK a foreign spouse. Immigrant campaigners said an average of 15,000 British children have been communicating with exiled parents through Skype calls since the introduction and implementation of the rule in 2012.

Lord Carnwath and other justices agree that the rule presents a "serious obstacle to their enjoying family life together." For low earners, the rule can introdue perpetual suffering. The still-existing gender pay gap would make it difficult for women to bring in their foreign spouse into the country.

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants Chief Executive said the judgment is a "victory" for immigrant families. Despite being agreed upon on theory alone, the recognition of the UK Supreme Court that the rules are useless because it does not consider the best interests of the children.

Thursday, 26 January 2017

UK MPs to Propose Law Banning Mandatory Discriminating Dress Codes For Women



London-based receptionist Nicola Thorp's complaint against her employers forcing her to wear high heels and revealing clothing for eight hours during her shift had triggered a signature campaign that urged the UK government to investigate the matter. Today, UK MPs found the extent of the health damages discriminating dress codes bring to UK female employees, and they are drafting a new law to prevent mandatory dress codes for women.



A study called "High Heels and Workplaces Dress Codes" revealed the long-term health damages caused by consistent wearing of high-heels, dyeing their hair blonde or applying and reapplying make-up -- rules that are part of almost any employee dress code handbook in London. MPs were keen on introducing legislation that would tackle such "discriminative" and laborious practices that male employees could bypass.

According to Helen Jones MP, "The way Nicola Thorp was treated by her employer is against the law, but that did not stop her being sent home from work without pay." UK companies are allowed by law to prescribe dress codes but firms are not to discriminate against women in formulating the proper dress codes for their companies.

The UK's Women and Equalities Committee and Petitions Committee are urging the public female population to send in examples of discriminatory dress codes, hundreds of which have already made responses regarding the inflating issue.