The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has expelled Suffolk-based Goose Recruit after the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) revoked its licence. 

The GLA found the company was charging unacceptably high accommodation rates, had no legal system in place to provide holiday pay and allowed employees to work excessive hours with insufficient breaks.

An appeal against the REC’s decision by Goose Recruit failed.

Kevin Green, REC chief executive, said: ”The REC has an important role to play in ensuring compliance to our standards and making sure members observe the highest principles of ethics, integrity and professional conduct.  The REC Code of Professional Practice provides a clear framework of how recruitment businesses should behave.  Goose Recruit was not adhering to the Code and was tarnishing the reputation of REC members and the recruitment industry.”