TORY plans to “rush the sunsetting” of EU laws by the end of 2023 will endanger the workplace rights of more than eight million people, a leading think tank warns today.

The Work Foundation said that protections for part-time, fixed-term and agency staff will be in the greatest jeopardy if the government presses ahead with post-Brexit plans to amend, replace or scrap thousands of pieces of EU legislation by December 31.

Working time directives and paid holiday entitlements are among the regulations that could be weakened by the Retained EU Law Bill currently going through Parliament, the Lancaster University-based organisation said.