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Labour Market Enforcement Tsar Starts Work
27th July 2017
Professor David Metcalf is starting work as the new Labour Enforcement Tsar leading a campaign against abuses in the labour market including allegations made against transnational companies with deep supply chains across many countries.
UK government’s first 'labour enforcement tsar' swings into action, @helenwarrell on @CEP_LSE stalwart David Metcalf https://t.co/lxgkgeRf77
— Romesh Vaitilingam (@econromesh) July 27, 2017
Professor Metcalf is a stalwart academic from the London School of Economics highly regarded for his work in helping to establish and develop the UK minimum wage nearly twenty years ago. Improving enforcement of better standards in the labour market can be regarded as a public good.
UK labour market tsar vows to jail rogue bosses https://t.co/7CqwC1RzQ1
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 25, 2017
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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