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Most of the European decisions on what we should or should not do in terms of employment law come down to us in the form of Directives. As an alternative to a Directive, law is also passed to us in the form of Regulations and Decisions. The government has an obligation to legislate to include the requirements of each Directive into UK law. In 1992 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that an individual can sue the State for a failure to incorporate a Directive into national law. Particularly in the UK, it has become a bit of a joke that only the UK incorporates each Directive into UK legislation whilst all other member states just put each Directive into the nearest bin and carry on as before. Whilst not strictly true, this perception has caused considerable frustration and anger at the whole process of UK law being the result of European legislators rather than of UK legislators who understand UK issues.
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