Changing up – Pop-up Seminars 2017

The Gangmasters Licensing Authority is an arm’s length body of the Home Office. We have  a single strategic aim – to work in partnership to protect vulnerable and exploited workers … but the way we deliver that aim is about to change.

Following public consultation, the GLA is evolving to become the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA). This change is expected in the spring of 2017. As the GLAA we will retain our existing licensing and regulatory function that covers temporary labour supply in the food and farming sectors but we will also have a much broader role in terms of addressing exploitation across the entire labour market.  We will use improvement and enforcement notices to ensure vulnerable workers are prevented from being abused for their labour and we will also be given additional powers to investigate modern slavery (forced or compulsory labour).

Through this enhanced investigatory function we will seek to protect all workers, regardless of employment status and therefore not restricted to temporary workers.  We will have the ability to investigate labour market offences across the whole of the UK. 

This latest move to tackle exploitation follows changes brought about by the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which requires any organisation carrying on business in the UK and with a total turnover of £36M or more to produce an annual statement on the steps they are taking to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains.

Our seminars (listed below) will give all stakeholders – new and existing - an opportunity to find out what all these changes will mean, how the new GLAA will work and what challenges we could all face in the future. Attendance is highly recommended not only for those working in the current GLA sector but also for anyone involved in other businesses that may be vulnerable to their labour being exploited.

I look forward to meeting you at one of the events, answering any queries you might have and learning more about the challenges you face in your area of an increasingly-competitive UK labour market.

Best regards

Paul Broadbent

Who should attend?

GLA Pop-up Seminars are especially recommended for those working in – though not limited to:

• The fresh produce sector
• Construction
• Care industry
• Hotels, hospitality and catering
• Warehousing and storage
• Haulage and logistics
• Cleaning
• Food and non-food retailing

Where and when?

Spaces are limited at all venues, and it will be necessary to provide details in advance to gain entry, so booking ahead is essential to guarantee entry on the day.

How to book

For further information or to reserve your place, please email  popup.events@gla.gsi.gov.uk  and specify the names and email addresses of the attendees.  

Alternatively please call: 0115 959 7077.