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  Yes Howard is right there Keef ..although they need to pursue the giants who use every fandangle loophole to avoid tax, see the other thread, and can afford to tie up the situation in legal knots...the smaller guy mustnt suffer either. This is almost a roundabout way of a good move and should protect English jobs. Gangmasters quote unbelievably low prices to farmers and others who are glad to take it at face value, it saves them money in hard pressed times, so they are not going to look the other way...but is it legal? The chances are if the quote for a job done is suspiciously low then its not right.
  
  Foreign workers are treated like slaves and paid below minimum wage. Not good...but its a double whammy as...
  English workers cant compete at those rates of pay so are priced out of the jobs.
  
  
  Employers should ask the following say HMRC, but do they?
  
  
  · Does the labour provider need/have a Gangmaster Licensing Authority (GLA) licence?
  
  · What is the history of the business?
  
  · Is it a live company on the Companies House register?
  
  · Have you visited the trading premises? Are they consistent with the business of finding and employing workers?
  
  · Do they obtain workers from other labour providers?
  
  · Are their proposed fees realistic, allowing the business to meet statutory minimum wage and tax obligations and still make a profit?
  
  · Do they have Employers' Liability Insurance?
  
  · Are you making payments to a third party, for example a factoring agent? If so, why?
  
  · Is the business VAT registered and set up for PAYE? Obtain a copy of the VAT certificate.
  
  · Is the business paying its workers the National Minimum Wage?
  
  · Do the workers being supplied have the right to work in the UK?

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