The United Kingdom’s Health and Safety Executive reminded employers that their responsibilities to protect workers will remain the same during the transition period following “Brexit,” the U.K.’s formal withdrawal from the European Union. The U.K. left the EU on Jan. 31, 2020, and the transition period during which the EU and the U.K. will negotiate new arrangements for a trade deal will be in place until Dec. 31, 2020. “Brexit Day” follows a June 2016 referendum in which U.K. constituents voted to withdraw from the EU. HSE is the government agency responsible for workplace health and safety in the U.K. A page on HSE’s website collects the latest guidance on health and safety during the transition period, including information on chemical regulations, work equipment and machinery regulations, and working with explosives. The European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, previously urged chemical companies based in Europe to take action to stay on the EU market by continuing to comply with their obligations under the EU’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals regulation, which requires companies to identify and manage the risks linked to the substances they manufacture and market in the EU; the EU regulation on the classification, labelling, and packaging of substances and mixtures, or CLP; the Biocidal Products Regulation, or BPR; and PIC, the EU regulation concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals. A page on ECHA’s website collects information related to Brexit for chemical companies.