Embargo factories that rip off workers, says rights tsar

Director of labour market enforcement looking at measures against owners who refuse to follow employment regulationsThe government should consider imposing an embargo on goods made in factories where workers have been underpaid, the workers’ rights tsar has told MPs.Sir David Metcalf, director of labour market enforcement, who reports to both the home and business secretaries, said he was looking at new measures to improve adherence to employment legislation. Continue reading...