The Guardian:
Embargo factories that rip off workers, says rights tsar
25 October 2017
Director of labour market enforcement looking at measures against owners who refuse to follow employment regulations
The government should consider imposing an embargo on goods made in factories where workers have been underpaid, the workers’ rights tsar has told MPs. Sir David Metcalf, director of labour market enforcement, who reports to both the home and business secretaries, said he was looking at new measures to improve adherence to employment legislation. Speaking to a parliamentary inquiry into the recommendations of the Matthew Taylor review into gig economy workers on Wednesday, Metcalf said as many as 5% of the lowest paid may not be receiving the national minimum wage while holiday pay rules were “simply not enforced”.