In addition to this initiative, there have been other case law and statutory changes; for example, the introduction of the European Works Council Directive, reform of the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings consultation provisions and the implementation from October 2000 of the Human Rights Act 1998, which integrates the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. The Human Rights Act 1998 will certainly have a considerable impact on the legal interests protected by the Convention.