Enforcement
Companies who use labour providers in these sectors are termed ‘labour users’, and have faced prosecution if they use workers or services provided by an unlicensed labour provider, since 1 December 2006.
Four specific offences have been established by the Act:
- Operating without a licence
- Obtaining or possessing a false licence or false documentation which is likely to cause another person to believe that a person acting as a gangmaster is licensed
- Using an unlicensed gangmaster (subject to a reasonable steps/due diligence defence)
- Obstruction of enforcement officers/compliance officers exercising their functions under the Act
Read more about this topic: Gangmasters Licensing Authority