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The Present and Future. Margaret McKinlay, Chair Paul Broadbent, Chief Executive. GLA Key Facts. Current Licences Full: 1,147 With ALCs: 20 Application Inspections: 101 Compliance Inspections: 78 Licence Revocations: 14 Workers identified as exploited: 1,181
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The Present and Future Margaret McKinlay, Chair Paul Broadbent, Chief Executive
GLA Key Facts • Current Licences • Full: 1,147 • With ALCs: 20 • Application Inspections: 101 • Compliance Inspections: 78 • Licence Revocations: 14 • Workers identified as exploited: 1,181 • Criminal Investigations: 81 ongoing
GLA Key Issues - RTC • Ministerial Statement – 24 May 2012 • Focus on serious criminality • Light touch regulation • GLA processes - licensing • Scope of Licences • Methods of operation • Sanctions proportionate? • Working with Other Government Departments • Governance
GLA Key Issues –RTC Next Steps • GLA Consultation • Initial Inspection • Licence Duration • Publicity • Defra Consultation on possible legislative change • Scope • Civil sanctions • Governance
CEO’s Initial Impressions of the GLA • Committed workforce, skills, knowledge, expertise • Constantly changing landscape • Committed to partnership working to build a compliant sector and protect workers and prevent exploitation • Infrastructure gaps to be addressed • Variable intelligence coverage • Greater emphasis on prevention as well as enforcement
GLA Strategic Aim ‘Working in partnership to protect vulnerable and exploited workers’
GLA Priorities • Preventing worker exploitation • Protecting vulnerable people • Tackling unlicensed/criminal activity and ensuring those licensed operate within the law
GLA Strategic Objectives • Through joint working, target, dismantle and disrupt serious and organised criminality including the early identification of human trafficking • Identify and tackle forced/bonded labour by licensed or unlicensed gangmasters • Maintain a credible licensing scheme creating a level playing field for the industry and promoting growth • In partnership tackle those who engage in tax evasion, health and safety negligence, fraud, breach of regulations
GLA Strategic Objectives (cont’d) • Provide effective and meaningful engagement with key partners, stakeholders, sponsors • To tackle unnecessary bureaucracy and develop the professional skills of all staff • Make the best use of funding to deliver the most cost effective service • To further enhance the reputation of the GLA and develop its multi-stakeholder support • To work with the regulated sector to enable them to recognise and address issues of non-compliance before the GLA is forced to intervene
GLA Consultation - The Context • Government policy on • Promoting growth • Light touch regulation • Targeting serious criminality • Better targeting of resources • GLA Resources - Challenging • Staff • Finances • Remit
Consultation Process • Deadline for comments 22 March 2013 • Report to GLA Board on 17 April 2013 • Reporting the comments • Proposals for future licensing arrangements • No legislative changes required • Notice period prior to implementation of any changes
Consultation Questions • Whether inspections are always required on application? What other / additional checks should be we operate? • Whether to change the renewal process, extend licences or remove the need for renewal? • Consider changes to increase transparency of a licence holder’s status?
Consultation Questions (cont’d) • GLA should adopt a risk based approach to determine if inspection required on receipt of an application? • Situations where inspection of an applicant should always be required? / never required? • What documents do you consider the GLA should seek from applicant if no automatic inspection? • Should there be changes to OGD checks? • How to assess compliance and competency of the PA? • How might applicant demonstrate “earned recognition”?
Consultation Questions (cont’d) • Annual renewal process or longer? • Should LPs demonstrating longer history of compliance have longer licences? If so: • Maximum length? • Additional controls/checks? • Should renewal process should be removed altogether? • If so, additional controls/checks, if any?
Consultation Questions (cont’d) • Should Public Register include: • Details of ALCs? • Labour providers whose status has changed to “revoked with immediate effect”? and • Businesses that are formally revoked and, if so, for how long should these details be displayed? • Should Active Check process provide greater detail of changes to a licence status reflecting what appears on the Public Register?
GLA Current Key Issues • RTC – next steps • Travel Schemes • Supply Chains – long and complex? • “Supply Chain” Protocol ? • Prosecution Approach • Communication
Finally • The GLA must be seen as effective • By what it does • By how it reports • GLA must maintain the trust of the industry • Seen to be tackling the worst excesses • Listening and working with stakeholders • GLA must facilitate a level playing field to promote national economic growth • Working with OGDs