Property News · July 25, 2017

UK labour market tsar vows to jail rogue bosses


Sir David Metcalf says he will work with government agencies to identify and punish serious and repeat offendersThe Low Pay Commission founding member tasked with enforcing workers’ rights has pledged to jail rogue bosses and investigate failing industries as part of the government’s latest response to workplace scandals uncovered at companies including Sports Direct.Sir David Metcalf, director of labour market enforcement, who reports to both the home and business secretaries, added that he will also consult on increasing both the resources available to investigators and the fines levied on guilty firms, as he questioned whether official statistics were an “understatement of the real level of non-compliance”. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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