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<p>This Government is fully committed to protecting the rights of migrant workers
and ensuring that they are treated fairly in the workforce, including seasonal workers
in agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>In recent years, there has been tremendous change to
wider employment legislation, which protects and benefits workers in all sectors of
the economy. The national minimum wage has been raised and the new national living
wage introduced.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the Seasonal Workers Pilot, a scheme
for non-EEA migrant workers, is to ensure that they are adequately protected against
modern slavery and other labour abuses. The operators of the scheme are licensed by
the Gangmasters Labour and Abuse Authority (GLAA). The GLAA ensure that all workers
are placed with farms who adhere to all relevant legislation, including paying the
National Minimum Wage.</p>
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