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<p>The Immigration Act 2016 introduced the provision for three labour market enforcement
bodies to serve labour market enforcement undertakings (LMEU) and orders (LMEO): the
Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
(GLAA) and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – National Minimum Wage Team (HMRC –
NMW).</p><p> </p><p>To date, no prosecution has resulted from breaching a labour market
enforcement undertaking or order.</p><p> </p><p>Each enforcement body has a different
legal framework for the disclosure of information related to LMEUs. Both EAS and HMRC
– NMW cannot disclose the name of the employers or the nature of the offences without
informed consent from the employers involved as this would be in breach of their respective
customer confidentiality clauses. Section 9 of the Employment Agency Act precludes
EAS from publishing the name or details of enforcement action without the permission
of the employment business or agencies involved. Section 18 of the Commissioners for
Revenue and Customs Act (CRCA) 2005 precludes HMRC from disclosing/sharing information
about an individual or taxpayer to a third party.</p><p> </p><p>The GLAA routinely
discloses the dates and the type of trigger offences for which its LMEUs are served.
Whilst the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 does not preclude the GLAA from disclosing
the names of the recipients of LMEUs, the GLAA does not deem appropriate to release
their identity. Identity disclosure would defeat the purpose of LMEUs which are a
voluntary agreement meant to be a proportionate sanction to encourage compliant behaviour
from the recipient.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below displays the information
that could be disclosed by the three enforcement bodies:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Enforcement
Body</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of LMEU served</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date
of commencement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Trigger offence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>EAS</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>04/04/18</p></td><td><p>Not
disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>03/04/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="10"><p><strong>GLAA</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>20/03/18</p></td><td
rowspan="10"><p>All these LMEUs have been issued for trigger offences under section
12 and 13 of the Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 which respectively refer to acting
as an unlicensed gangmaster and using labour supplied by an unlicensed gangmaster.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>22/05/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21/06/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13/07/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>23/07/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16/08/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>21/08/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>31/12/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>15/04/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>26/04/19</p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="8"><p><strong>HMRC - NMW</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>19/06/18</p></td><td><p>Not
disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>27/06/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21/08/18</p></td><td><p>Not
disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>05/11/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>22/10/18</p></td><td><p>Not
disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>30/10/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16/11/18</p></td><td><p>Not
disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>07/03/19</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Total: 28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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