Equal Pay Act was necessary to join EU. It was badly worded, requiring equal pay for equal work. See the catch?Obviously the acts that I have listed are no longer in force...We are in the EU and EU laws have replaced UK laws... It doesn't mean that the UK weren't pioneers in such laws and had we not joined the EU they would most likely have evolved as the country developed... To suggest that we owe all laws that protect us to the EU is just silly
Oh, I have just noticed who I am replying to..... Silly is to be expected from you.
The Working Time Directive goes so much further than the Holidays Pay Act ever did. See the clue in the titles?
We did have some influence in the EU inaugurating, driving and guiding some regulations, that's never been denied. The Consumer Rights Act is a perfect example where our requirements in Consumer Rights were transmitted throughout EU, protecting UK citizens at home and abroad in EU, and EU citizens in UK.
Additionally, none of those laws are protected by the EU after we've Brexited, and they can be rescinded.