UNIONS are warning that stability in Ireland could be threatened if workers’ rights are “ripped up” under the Retained EU Law Bill.

The TUC and NIC-ICTU (Northern Ireland Committee in the Irish Congress of Trade Unions) issued a joint statement ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement on Monday as the Bill makes its way through parliament.

The unions warned that under the Bill workplace rights such as holiday pay, rest breaks, health and safety rules and protections from discrimination will disappear from the end of this year unless ministers table new regulations to retain them.