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Agricultural workers at risk from minimum wage violations

3 May 2019

Workers in the agricultural sector are among the most vulnerable to being paid below the minimum wage and HMRC needs to be more proactive in punishing non-compliant businesses, a leading employment expert has warned.

Sir David Metcalf, emeritus professor of industrial relations at the London School of Economics, said a more proactive response was necessary to hunt down businesses that were actively breaking the law, as most investigations were currently prompted by employee complaints.

United Kingdom Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2018/19, Director of Labour Market Enforcement David Metcalf, May 2018.

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