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Labour user best practice

Labour users have an essential role in maintaining the health, safety and welfare conditions for workers. 

Check your labour provider is licensed

If you are a labour user in the sectors regulated by the GLAA, you must use a licensed labour provider. It is a criminal offence to supply labour without a licence or use an unlicensed labour provider.

The list below sets out what you can do to ensure you are using workers from a licensed provider:

  • Use the public register to check your labour provider has a current GLAA licence 
  • Sign up for the active check service to keep up to date with any changes to your labour provider’s licence
  • Read the ‘Supermarkets' and suppliers best practice guide’ and conduct an audit of your labour provider
  • Check the minimum charge rates table to calculate whether your labour provider is charging an acceptable rate
  • Make sure you have a list of all the workers on site
  • Inform the GLAA of any breaches to the licensing standards
  • Contact us if you need any advice or guidance

 

How you can help your labour provider

You can work with your labour provider to help them retain their licence:

  • Have your agreement with them in writing
  • Co-operate with them to ensure the work site complies with health and safety legislation
  • Pay a rate that is high enough to meet legal requirements

 

Shellfish gathering

If you are a labour user in the shellfish gathering sector you are classed as a gangmaster and will require a licence. Click on the link for more information on this sector.

 

Sub-contracting

You should be aware of any other labour providers that your labour provider uses and ensure they have records of all sub-contracts. Check that all sub-contractor labour providers have a GLAA licence.

 

Find out more...

Reasonable steps booklet: Defra guidance for labour users
The Supplier/Retailer Protocol: How the GLAA, retailers and suppliers will work together

 

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