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Working Group to address labour conditions for seasonal and foreign labour in the UK Food Industry

TERMS OF REFERENCE

At the initial meeting of the Working Group to address labour conditions for seasonal and foreign labour in the UK Food Industry on 23 September 2002, the following Terms Of Reference were agreed to guide its future work.

1 To consider the case for a statutory licensing and registration scheme that will effectively regulate the labour practices of providers of temporary labour to farms and packhouses and first tier food processing facilities in the UK.
2 To lobby for new legislation to support such a scheme.
3 To consider the viability of a new cross-industry voluntary initiative that that will effectively regulate the labour practices of providers of temporary labour to farms and packhouses and first tier food processing facilities in the UK.
4 To ensure that any scheme proposed by the group fully considers:
4.1 the role and responsibilities of retailers, growers, packers and manufacturers of food as well as relevant statutory bodies,
4.2 the necessary monitoring and verification of implementation
4.3 the impact upon the supply of agricultural labour to agricultural and food service industry
4.4 existing best practice that can be learned from the UK and elsewhere
4.5 measures to ensure the effective implementation of any such considerations in 4.1-4.4.
5 To consider other measures such as improved access to information and best practices, that would improve the ability of government, retailers, growers, packers and other suppliers of food products to act responsibly in order to mitigate the problems associated with poor and illegal practices by gangmasters.
6 To communicate the Working Group’s progress and findings to all relevant stakeholder organisations.

[ENDS]

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See also:

For further documents including final Report and Code of Practice developed by the Group, please see:

ETI Activities: ETI Experimental Projects: UK Agriculture ("Gangmasters")

 

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