Recruit Solutions (UK) loses GLA licence over unfit director
20 August 2013
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the licence of Lincolnshire recruitment agency Recruit Solutions (UK), after the director of the company launched and then withdrew an appeal of the decision.
Tue, 20 Aug 2013The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the licence of Lincolnshire recruitment agency Recruit Solutions (UK), after the director of the company launched and then withdrew an appeal of the decision.
The GLA had informed Recruit Solutions director Simon Nash of its intention to strip his licence in March after the organisation found Nash “to lack the competence required to manage the business compliantly”, the GLA says in a statement.
The licence was revoked on the ‘fit and proper’ person test, according to the GLA, although “issues” were identified in “six separate areas” in total, its statement says.
A GLA spokesperson says: “The fact that the company chose not to proceed with its appeal is effectively an admission of guilt and lends further support to our decision.”
The firm supplied workers to a producer of cooked meats and vegetables in Northamptonshire. Among the “issues” unearthed by the GLA included a staff handbook supplied to workers stipulating obligatory retirement at 65, which is discriminatory under UK law, and regular monthly payments to what the GLA calls a “mystery recipient”, which were not explained by the company despite numerous requests to do so.
The GLA had informed Recruit Solutions director Simon Nash of its intention to strip his licence in March after the organisation found Nash “to lack the competence required to manage the business compliantly”, the GLA says in a statement.
The licence was revoked on the ‘fit and proper’ person test, according to the GLA, although “issues” were identified in “six separate areas” in total, its statement says.
A GLA spokesperson says: “The fact that the company chose not to proceed with its appeal is effectively an admission of guilt and lends further support to our decision.”
The firm supplied workers to a producer of cooked meats and vegetables in Northamptonshire. Among the “issues” unearthed by the GLA included a staff handbook supplied to workers stipulating obligatory retirement at 65, which is discriminatory under UK law, and regular monthly payments to what the GLA calls a “mystery recipient”, which were not explained by the company despite numerous requests to do so.
- This is the second revocation the GLA has reported this month, after stripping the licence of payroll operator UK Payroll a fortnight ago.
