Social Rights

By letter of 12 July 2021 (a letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs registered by the Secretariat General of the Council of Europe on 16 July 2021), the United Kingdom revoked acceptance of Article 18, paragraph 2, of the European Social Charter with effect from 26 February 2022. The denunciation of the acceptance of Article 18, paragraph 2, of the Charter shall extend to the Isle of Man.

Article 18 of the European Social Charter stipulates that “With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to engage in a gainful occupation in the territory of any other Contracting Party, the Contracting Parties undertake: … 2. to simplify existing formalities and to reduce or abolish chancery dues and other charges payable by foreign workers or their employers”. The United Kingdom remains bound by the other provisions of Article 18 of the Charter.