{"id":61706,"date":"2017-07-25T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T05:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-labour-market-tsar-vows-to-jail-rogue-bosses\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T12:08:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T05:08:53","slug":"uk-labour-market-tsar-vows-to-jail-rogue-bosses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-labour-market-tsar-vows-to-jail-rogue-bosses\/","title":{"rendered":"UK labour market tsar vows to jail rogue bosses"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSir 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\u2019 rights has pledged to jail rogue bosses and investigate failing industries as part of the government\u2019s 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 \u201cunderstatement of the real level of non-compliance\u201d. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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