Gangmaster News
Below you will find links to high profile Gangmaster related media articles.
Gangmaster News Articles
“National Minimum Wage and the Accommodation Offset” - DTI Guidance April 2007
“National Minimum Wage and Fair Piece Rates” (Non-Agricultural Workers) - DTI Guidance
GLA Press Articles
Gangmaster Media Articles
“Marks & Spencer croissant supplier 'employed illegal immigrants and paid below minimum wage'” – The French Croissant Company - June 2009
“Polish food workers 'exploited” – Tesco - May 2009
“Migrants' work stocked supermarkets” – Emmets – November 2008
“'Squalor'of David Leslie Fruits workers. Scottish supplier to Sainsbury's and Tesco probed over accommodation” –August 2008”
An Iranian man who used false papers in an attempt to land a job with Thorntons has been jailed for six months”. – June 2008
“Thousands 'abused by gangmasters'” – June 2008
“The high human cost of some Scottish farm produce” – May 2008, Well Pict, ASDA.
“A Gangmaster who forced migrant workers to pick Daffodils for just 4p a bunch, has had his licence revoked after an investigation uncovered ‘shocking’ working conditions” – May 2008, Winchester Growers, Grampian Growers
“Migrant workers 'forced to live' in run-down housing” – March 2008, British Bakeries
“Workers received less than minimum wage” – March 2008 – Thornton’s, Florette
“Christmas dinner misery for migrant workers” - Cranberry Foods – December 2007
“Worker 'put Clingfilm over wound'” – Simms and Woods – December 2007
“The Miracle of cheap fresh food depends on illegality” - Bomfords – July 2007
“Banana firm 'exploits migrants'” – May 2007, Pratt’s Bananas
ALP Press Releases
ALP Press release ALP welcomes EHRC report into meat & poultry processing - 10 March 2010
ALP asks European Commission to prevent British Government extending WRS - 20 April 2009
ALP condemns extension of Accession States WRS Scheme - 9 April 2009
New Guidance on Temporary Labour Charge Rates - 8 September 08
ALP Launches Agency Worker Best Practice & Audit Tool – July 2008
All Employers can now ensure Agency Worker Best Practice – June 2008
Workers Needed in UK Food and Agriculture – May 2008
ALP Chairman calls for joined-up approach to Labour Market Regulation - 22 May 2008
Short of Labour? Call a Labour Provider! - 19 May 2008
ALP Launches Jobboard to address UK Food and Agricultural Industry Shortages - 12 May 2008
Worker Registration Scheme - 28 April 2008
Managing Agency Labour in the Food Manufacturing Industry - March 2008
Agency Workers Bill needs further consideration - 21 February 2008
No Christmas Cheer for Temporary Workers - 12 December 2007
Temporary Labour Users Must Pay Statutory Increases - 1 October 2007
ALP publishes initial analysis of GLA licensing progress - 13 July 2006
Worker Registration Scheme Effectively Voluntary - 5 June 2006
ALP welcomes GLA proposals for lower licence fees - 12 January 2006
Uncertainty around gangmaster legislation - 5 January 2006
ALP Chairman condemns decision to abolish GLA - 24 April 2005
ALP makes Code of Practice a condition of membership - 17 November 2004
Wages Rates - Packhouses and supermarkets condoning illegal working - 4 October 2004
ALP Policy & Consulation Papers
The ALP responds to relevant consultation papers and draft legislation and occasionally publishes position papers on topical subjects. The following papers have been published and are available on this site:
1. National Minimum Wage
Response by the Association of Labour Providers to Low Pay Commission consultation [22 September 2009]
ALP paper - NMW and Transport Costs [29 May 2009]
ALP response to Low Pay Commission request for views [16 Sept '08]
ALP response to Low Pay Commission request for views [27 Sept '07]
National minimum wage and the accommodation offset - Response by the ALP to DTI Consultation Document [22 September 06]
National Minimum Wage - ALP response to Low Pay Commission Consultation [28 Aug '06]
2. Gangmaster Licencing
ALP response to GLA consultation on Retailer Protocol [January '10]
A Hampton Implementation Review Report [22 Sept 2009]
ALP Responds to Consultation on the GLA and Supermarket Protocol [24 July 2009]
GLA Licensing Standards - Effective April 2009
ALP response to GLA Licensing Standards Consultation [17 Oct '08]
ALP Response to GLA Consultation on Licence Fees [17 Dec '08]
ALP response to Exclusion Regs Consultation [17 Oct '08]
Review of GLA licence standards - ALP initial proposals [11 March 2008]
ALP response to GLA consultation on licence fees [14 December 2007]
ALP response to GLA Consultation on licence fees for 2007-2008 [3 Jan '07]
Temporary Labour Working Group, Final Evaluation [28 August '06]
Reasonable steps a labour user should take to use a licensed labour provider - ALP response to Defra consultation [28 August '06]
GLA licensing, an initial analysis [13 July '06]
Shellfish: Response of the Association of Labour Providers to GLA consultation [29 June '06]
Draft Gangmasters (Exclusion) Regulations 2006 – response by the Association of Labour Providers on second Defra consultation [13 December '05]
GLA Licence Fees – response by the Association of Labour Providers on GLA proposals on licence fees [12 December '05]
Gangmasters Licensing Consultation – response by the ALP on GLA consultation on licence conditions [12 December 05]
Draft Gangmasters (Appeals) Regulations 2005 - Response by the Association of Labour Providers to Defra Consultation Document [21 June '05]
The proposal to subsume the Gangmasters Licensing Authority into the Health and Safety Executive [7 April '05]
Draft Gangmasters (Exclusion) Regulations 2005 – response by the Association of Labour Providers on second Defra consultation [3 May '05]
Response to Defra consultation paper on Gangmaster (Licensing Authority) Regulations [13 October '04]
Response to DTI consultation paper on Working Time Regulations [20 Sept '04]
Lords Committee Stage brief on Gangmasters Licensing Bill [16 June '04]
Commons Committee Stage Brief on Gangmasters Licensing Bill [23 April '04]
Comments on draft Gangmasters Licensing Bill and RIA [19 March '04]
Evidence on Gangmasters to EFRA Select Committee [11 March '04]
Brief on Gangmasters Licensing Bill [17 February '04]
3. Agricultural Wages
ALP Paper - Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme [29 July 2009]
The Agricultural Wages Order and Agency Workers engaged on Contracts for Services [19 Sept '08]
ALP Submission on AMW [11 March 2008]
Position paper: Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) [23 January '05]
4. Migrant Workers Issues
Extension of the WRS - submission by the ALP [17 April 2009]
ALP Letter to Home Secretary on WRS [9 April 2009]
ALP Evidence to MAC enquiry on transitional provisions for A8 workers [3 March 2009]
Decision of Information Tribunal on release of Cabinet Office WRS Paper [January 2009]
ALP Brief on Clause 23 of the finance Bill [16 June 2008]
ALP response to Treasury consultation on residence and domicile [28 February 2008]
ALP response to Home Office consultation on prevention of illegal working [6 August '07]
Monitoring the impact of the Accession States on the UK labour market [29 Sept '06]
House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into immigration control - Evidence by the Association of Labour Providers [12 April '06]
The Workers Registration Scheme – time for abolition - Proposal by the Association of Labour Providers [17 Nov '05]
Selective Admission: Making Migration Work for Britain – Response by the Association of Labour Providers on Home Office consultation [4 Nov '05]
Request by the ALP to the Statistics Commission to investigate the Accession States Workers Registration Scheme [15 September '05]
Ministerial working group paper on WRS [Sept 2005]
The Workers Registration Scheme - the case for abolition [25 May '05]
The role of migration in the UK labour market - ALP response to government strategy on migration [7 April 05]
Position paper: tackling illegal workers [25 March '04]
5. Agency Work Issues
ALP Policy Paper - Labour Provider Auditing and Accreditation
ALP response to Travel & Subsistence Consultation for NMW workers - 060510
ALP response to BIS consultation on body to enforce the GSCoP - April 10
EHRC Meat & Poultry Inquiry [March 10]
ALP Response to Consultation on Implementation of AWD [December 09]
T&S Schemes - Deloitte Recruiter Article [August 2009]
ALP Responds to Consultation on implementation of the EU Agency worker directive [24 July 2009]
ALP evidence to EHRC [17 April 2009]
ALP Comments on EHRC Meat Inquiry [10 Nov '08]
Research on the GLA
Vulnerable Workers Consultation Response [December '07]
Report on agency work in the Poultry sector [June 2006]
Increasing the holiday entitlement, ALP response to DTI consultation document [26 July '06]
A Bill for Better Regulation - Response by the ALP to Cabinet Office Consultation Document [30 Sept '05]
Minibuses used by employers to transport their workers [8 March '05]
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 16 February 2010
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 15 December 2009
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 28 September 2009
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 13 May 2009
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 19 Feb 2009
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 8 Dec 2008
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 10 Sep 2008
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 21 May 2008
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 31 Jan 2008
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 21 Sep 2007
ALP Executive Committee Meeting Minutes 14 May 2007
GLA Labour Provider Group Minutes
Minutes GLA Labour Provider Group 19 February 2010
Minutes GLA Labour Provider Group 5 November 2009
Minutes GLA Labour Provider Group 7 July 2009
Minutes GLA Labour Provider Group 2 June 2009
Minutes GLA Labour Provider Group 9 January 2009
Minutes GLA Labour Provider Group 3 October 2008
Minutes GLA Labour Provider Group 27 June 2008
Minutes GLA Labour Provider Group 27 February 2008
Minutes GLA Labour Provider Group 28 November 2007
1. Model Contracts and Documents
Brief No 52 - July 2008 - Contracts between Labour Provider and Labour Users
Brief No 51 - July 2008 - Standard Contract for Services
Members Briefs and Guidance
2. GLA Specific
Download GLA Licensing Standards
Check the GLA licence holders list
Gangmasters Licensing Legislation
View GLA Licence Revocations
View all GLA Appeals Findings
Appealing against a GLA decision
GLA Labour Provider Group minutes
Gangmaster News Articles
The Regulators Compliance Code - ALP Briefing Note
Trading following Revocation of GLA Licence - ALP Briefing Note
GLA position on non-compliance with licensing standards remedied prior to inspections - ALP Briefing Note
GLA Licence Revocations - Press Release Policy - ALP Briefing Note
GLA Licence Renewal Process whilst Revoked Without Immediate Effect - ALP Briefing Note
How the GLA deals with allegations against Labour Providers - ALP Briefing Note
Use of the GLA Logo - ALP Briefing Note
Double Counting of Non Compliances within GLA Licensing Standards - ALP Briefing
Workers as Limited Companies in the GLA Sector - ALP Briefing Note
3. Pay
Minimum Charge Rate Guidance - October 2009
Brief No 56 - September 2008 - National Minimum Wage Compliance
“National Minimum Wage Guide for Employers” – Pay and Work Rights Helpline Leaflet [October 2008]
“National Minimum Wage and the Accommodation Offset” - DTI Guidance April 2007
Detailed Guidance on the National Minimum Wage - Business Link
National Minimum Wage - Policy on HMRC Prosecutions and Enforcement
Brief No 47 - 28 February 2008 - Charging Workers for Services/Tools/Non-PPE Clothing etc.
Supplying Meals to Workers and the Impact on NMW - ALP Briefing Note
HMRC NMW Enforcement Powers - ALP Briefing Note
Overtime & Shift Premia and the Minimum Wage - ALP Briefing Note
Guidance on issuing payslips - Business Link
4. Tax & NI
ALP response to Travel & Subsistence Consultation for NMW workers - 060510
ALP Members Brief 69 - Travel and Subsistence Schemes
HMRC Guidance Due Diligence for Labour Providers
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 - Application to Agency Workers
HMRC Guidance - National Insurance for people coming to the UK
PAYE for Overseas Labour Providers without a UK Branch or Agency - ALP Briefing Note
Reporting Labour Provider Fraud or Tax Evasion - ALP Briefing Note
National Insurance Numbers - ALP Briefing Note
5. Terms & Conditions
Data Protection Guide for businesses - Information Commissioners Office
ALP Brief 68 - Statutory Sick Pay and Agency Workers - November 2009
Statutory Sick Pay – HMRC Employer Helpbook for SSP
Holidays and Holiday Pay – Points to Note - ALP Briefing Note
Rolled up Holiday Pay - ALP Briefing Note
Disciplinary, Disputes and Grievances - Business Link Guide
Client Pressure to Dismiss Agency Staff - ALP Briefing Note
Discrimination at the Client’s Instruction - ALP Briefing Note
Agency Workers and sexual harassment by clients - ALP Briefing Note
Are you registered as a Data Controller - ALP Briefing Note
Working Time and Time Off - Business Link Guidance
Right to Trade Union Membership
6. Agricultural Wages
The Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Order (No 57) 2009
Payment of Minimum Wages to Agricultural Workers – Defra Guidance
Agricultural Wages Order 2009 - England and Wales
Agricultural Wages Order 2009 Scotland - A Guide For Workers & Employers
Agricultural Wages - N.Ireland
Pack House Workers and the Agricultural Wages Order - ALP Briefing Note
Brief No 57 - September 2008 - Agricultural Wages Order 2008 - England & Wales
GLA Interpretation on Non-Payment of Agricultural Wages Overtime - ALP Briefing Note
Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme – UK Border Agency site
GLA position where NMW paid rather than AMW - ALP Briefing Note
7. Accommodation
Model Licence Agreement
ALP Brief 67 - Guidance on Model Licence Agreement for Shared Accommodation
ALP Member Brief 66 - Living Accommodation and the National Minimum Wage
Accomodation - Rules that apply to all lettings - ALP Briefing Note
Tenancy Deposit Protection – Govt. Guidance
Gas Safe Register
Building Regulations – Explanatory Booklet
Overcrowding in Houses in Multiple Occupation
Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licensing– Govt. Guidance
Housing Health and Safety Rating System – Operating Guidance
Housing Health and Safety Rating System - Guidance for Landlords
Scotland – Landlord Registration
Better Renting Scotland – Rules for Landlords
Scotland - Mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation
8. Eligibility to Work
Lists of civil penalties issued to employers
Brief No 62 - May 2009 - Accession States Workers Registration Scheme
Brief No 50 - 5 March 2008 - Preventing Illegal Working and Establishing the Statutory Excuse
Bulgarian And Romanian Workers - ALP Briefing Note
Immigration Advice - OISC Registration - ALP Briefing Note
Accession States Worker Registration Scheme - UK Border Agency
Comprehensive guidance for employers on preventing illegal working – BIA Booklet February 2008
Sponsorship under the points-based system – UK Border Agency
Employer Checking Service - UK Border Agency
Preventing Illegal Working - UK Border Agency guidance
9. Health & Safety
Leading Health and Safety at Work – ID and HSC Booklet
Farming Safety – Defra Guidance
Farm Safety Self-Assessment software
Health and Safety Standards for Fieldworkers - A Good Practice Guide - Cornwall and Devon Growers’ Group
HSE Agriculture website
Farmwise - HSE Guide to health and safety in agriculture
"Employing workers from overseas - Guidance for employers in agriculture and food processing” - HSE leaflet
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences - RIDDOR
RIDDOR Report Form – F2508
Safe Working in Estuaries and Tidal Waters - HSE Guidelines
10. Transport
ALP Member Brief No 74 - PSV Operator Licensing
Brief No 73 - The Cost of Providing Transport - May 2010
Brief No 63 - May 2009 - Charging for Transport to Work - Updated Guidance
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence - ALP Briefing Note
Punishments for Careless Driving - ALP Briefing Note
VAT Liability on Transport to Work - ALP Briefing Note
VOSA Safe Operator’s Guide
Transport and Logistics Guidance – Business Link
VOSA Public Service Vehicle Operator Licensing - Guide for Operators
VOSA Guide to maintaining roadworthiness - Passenger Carrying Vehicles
11. Agency Worker Rights & Ethical Codes
Member Brief 70 - EHRC Meat Inquiry Recommendations - March 2010
GLA Licensing Standards
Ethical Trading Initiative Base Code
ETI Base Code – Principles of Implementation
The Global Social Compliance Programme – Reference Code
Agency Workers Rights – DirectGov Guidance for Workers
Agency Workers – Know Your Rights – BERR Leaflet
TUC-backed Commission on Vulnerable Employment
Pracawbrytanii - TUC Polish Workers Rights website
'Living and working in the UK: Your rights' - TUC Guide for A8 workers in the UK
The Morecambe Bay Victims Fund
Fair Employment Enforcement Board - ALP Briefing Note
The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate - ALP Briefing Note
The Recruitment Industry Counter-Fraud Forum - ALP Briefing Note
Voluntary Code of Practice on Employing Migrant Workers - ALP Briefing Note
GLA Appeals Findings
A2 Recruitment Limited v GLA - 130610
Polana Sp. z o.o. v GLA - 250310
Cornish Enterprises v GLA - 250310
YF Recruitment Ltd v GLA - 210210
Powerstaff Recruitment Ltd v GLA - 120210
A1 Labour Services v GLA - 100210
Active (UK) Services Limited v GLA - 270110
Atlas Recruitment Agency v GLA 121009
Soma Recruitment Ltd v GLA 141009
Todorov & Co Ltd v GLA 310709
Brody Recruitment Solutions Limited v GLA 040809
ASAP (SW) Ltd v GLA 060709
Mrs S.A. Revell v GLA 230709
Solid Gold Services Limited v GLA 200509
Extrastaff v GLA 180509
Ricadonna Produce v GLA 060509
Saphire Trading Ltd v GLA 060509
Euro Contracts Services Ltd v GLA
Cartwright Employment v GLA 230209
New Horizon Personnel Limited v GLA 020309
Berro Business Group (UK) Ltd v GLA 120209
Lincolnshire Labour Limited v GLA 211008
Renavatio Limited v GLA 040908
MBM (Midlands) Limited v GLA 180808
Primeval Ltd v GLA 230708
PTE (UK) Limited v GLA 180708
EMP Solutions Limited v GLA 030708
The Gurkha's UK Limited v GLA 010708
ELS Recruitment Limited v GLA 270608
Newtex Limited v GLA 180608
Top UK Ltd v GLA 050608
Pure Recruitment Solutions Limited v GLA 020608
Stonehouse Recruitment Ltd v GLA 010608
Christopher Taylor v GLA 290408
Zuber Mohammed ta Midland Recruitment Agency v GLA 090408
Work Force Plus Limited v GLA 310308
Morantus ta 247 Staff v GLA 280208
Vilnius Recruitment Limited v GLA 190208
Friday Bridge International Farm Camp Ltd v GLA 251107
MJ Hague (Extrastaff) Ltd v GLA 091107
Baltic Work Team Limited v GLA 241007
CRB Recruitment v GLA 171007
D J Houghton v GLA 151007
NSR Services Limited v GLA 220707
Wintel Limited v GLA 220707
Croft Recruitment Limited v GLA 220707
VJE Labour Services Ltd v GLA 020307
Baltic Work Team Limited v GLA 270607
Consistent Factory Staff Ltd v GLA 010607
Miles Recruitment Ltd v GLA May 07
Dynamic Workforce Limited v GLA 140507
MRC International Ltd v GLA 100407
Del Labour Services Ltd v GLA 260307
Opiecare Services Limited v GLA 101106
Mr Robert H Chalmers v GLA 310107
Bestway Recruitment v GLA 031206
Staff 2 Work v GLA 040107
AK Link UK v GLA 161206
Lincolnshire Staff Services v GLA 141206
Mr Kevin Doughty v GLA 181206
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