Government names new chief to lead crackdown on worker exploitation

Prof Sir David Metcalf, founder of Low Pay Commission, to steer coalition of agencies tasked with protecting employees’ rightsThe government has moved to crack down on unscrupulous employers by appointing a new boss to lead the collection of government bodies tasked with stamping out exploitation in the workplace.Prof Sir David Metcalf, a founding member of the Low Pay Commission and former chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, was named on Thursday as the first director of Labour