The Director of Labour Market Enforcement has warned rogue employers he will be consulting on how to make full use of powers to jail the worst offenders for breaches of NMW and other specified employment regulations. Sir David Metcalf’s role is to oversee a Government crackdown on worker exploitation by setting the strategic priorities for the Government’s three enforcement agencies: HMRC’s National Minimum Wage enforcement team; the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate. One of the key proposals in the introductory report is to work with the enforcement bodies to better tackle illegal practices by implementing labour market enforcement orders, which carry a maximum 2-year prison sentence.

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