Compliance and enforcement
These regulations relate to government’s direct enforcement of employment rights, including the national minimum wage, 48 hour working week and employing agency workers.
You can find the regulations that relate to compliance and enforcement below to the left.
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Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2007 These regulations clarify existing regulation and make amendments to ensure that employment agencies and employment businesses treat people who are looking for work properly
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Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2010 These regulations clarify existing regulation and make amendments to ensure that employment agencies and employment businesses treat people who are looking for work properly
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Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005, These regulations limit the working time of mobile road transport workers.
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Gangmasters (Licensing Conditions) Rules 2009, These regulations set out the conditions under which the Gangmasters Licensing Authority issues a gangmasters licence.
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The Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 The Act establishes a licensing scheme for the supply or use of vulnerable workers in agriculture and establishes a body (the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA)) to operate and enforce the scheme.
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Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 (Commencement No 1) Order 2004 This Order creates the GLA and gives it powers to make further regulations needed to operate a licensing scheme for gangmasters.
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Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 (Commencement No 2) Order 2005 This Order permits the GLA to issue gangmasters licences and allows GLA officers to carry out site inspections.
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Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 (Commencement No 3) Order 2006 This Order makes it an offence to act as a gangmaster without a GLA licence in the agriculture and in food processing & packaging sectors.
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Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 (Commencement No 4) Order 2006 This Order makes it an offence to obtain labour from an unlicensed gangmaster in the agriculture and in food processing & packaging sectors.
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Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 (Commencement No 5) Order 2007 This Order makes it an offence to act as a gangmaster without a licence or obtain labour from an unlicensed gangmaster in the shellfish gathering sector.
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The Gangmasters (Licensing Authority) Regulations 2005 These regulations set out the duties and responsibilities of the Chairman and Board of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority and lists the bodies which may nominate members to sit on the Board.
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Gangmasters Licensing (Exclusions) Regulations 2010 These regulations set when it is permissible to act as a gangmaster without a licence.
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Gangmasters (Appeals) Regulations 2006 These regulations allow a gangmaster to appeal against a decision by the GLA to refuse or revoke their licence.
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Children (Protection at Work) Regulations 1998 These regulations set a mimimum age for employing a child at 14 years of age and set the rules to protect those children in the workplace.
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Children (Protection at Work) Regulations 2000 These regulations aim to protect children woking specifically in agricultural or horticultural jobs, street trading and taking part in dangerous performances.
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Children (Protection at Work) (No 2) Regulations 2000 These regulations limit the hours children are allowed to work per week in term time
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Tell us what you think should happen to these regulations and why, being specific where possible:
- Should we scrap them altogether?
- Could their purpose be achieved in a non-regulatory way (eg through a voluntary code?) How?
- Could they be reformed, simplified or merged? How?
- Can we reduce their bureaucracy through better implementation? How?
- Can we make their enforcement less burdensome? How?
- Should they be left as they are?
Extend the Adult rate so it includes 18-21 year olds. Also, increase the adult rate to meet the cost of living, considering those who have children/dependents and those who live in private rented accomodation or are paying mortgages i.e. they have high outgoings.Comment Tags: 18-21 year olds, High rents, Mortgages