0 someone who employs a large number of workers, often illegally and for very little money: --
The Home Secretary has promised that the gangmasters responsible for immigration crime would be ruthlessly targeted.
Those duties still include preventing females from being in the same gang as males, or from being under the control of a male gangmaster.
Another aspect of the gangmaster system is the level of payments to workers.
It is clear that the problem of gangmasters is a longstanding one.
We are aware of the problem caused by unscrupulous gangmasters, and by others who commit offences under this section of legislation.
The gangmaster system is not any longer confined to the agriculture and horticulture industries.
Being a gangmaster is a legitimate business, providing large numbers of workers at short notice.
It is thus important that all subcontracting gangmasters be included in any scheme, and they must also be licensed.
It certainly adds great weight to the case for licensing gangmasters.
