Gangmaster who ''couldn’t be arsed'' has licence revoked
17 February 2015
A Rotherham gangmaster who "couldn’t be arsed" to check legal requirements has been stripped of his licence by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
A Rotherham gangmaster who “couldn’t be arsed” to check legal requirements has been stripped of his licence by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).
A statement from the GLA this morning (17 February) said Peter Milewski, named as principal authority in the GLA licence and director of Thurnscoe-based daffodil and vegetable picking company P & M Groundworks, was found to be “not fit and proper”.
His licence was revoked without immediate effect in March last year but Milewski appealed, claiming the GLA’s decision was “wrong and disproportionate”.
A subsequent court hearing found in favour of the GLA, and the licence revocation will come into effect at midnight today.
In Employment Judge Little’s written decision, seen by Recruiter, Milewski admitted during the hearing that he was given access to the necessary guidance and advice by the GLA but “couldn’t be arsed to read it”.
The judge said this comment was “unfortunately typical of his approach to the requirements of the heavily regulated sector in which he operated”.
During the hearing, Milewski also admitted falsely reclaiming VAT for fuel and worker accommodation costs that were not incurred by his business.
According to the GLA statement, he also transported workers in a 16-seater minibus that he was not licensed to drive and kept insufficient records to prove that workers were earning at least the National Minimum Wage.
GLA chief executive Paul Broadbent said in the statement: “The slipshod attitude and actions demonstrated by the appellant in this case fall way short of the standards the GLA and the public demand to ensure that workers in our regulated sector are not exploited.”
A Rotherham gangmaster who “couldn’t be arsed” to check legal requirements has been stripped of his licence by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).
A statement from the GLA this morning (17 February) said Peter Milewski, named as principal authority in the GLA licence and director of Thurnscoe-based daffodil and vegetable picking company P & M Groundworks, was found to be “not fit and proper”.
His licence was revoked without immediate effect in March last year but Milewski appealed, claiming the GLA’s decision was “wrong and disproportionate”.
A subsequent court hearing found in favour of the GLA, and the licence revocation will come into effect at midnight today.
In Employment Judge Little’s written decision, seen by Recruiter, Milewski admitted during the hearing that he was given access to the necessary guidance and advice by the GLA but “couldn’t be arsed to read it”.
The judge said this comment was “unfortunately typical of his approach to the requirements of the heavily regulated sector in which he operated”.
During the hearing, Milewski also admitted falsely reclaiming VAT for fuel and worker accommodation costs that were not incurred by his business.
According to the GLA statement, he also transported workers in a 16-seater minibus that he was not licensed to drive and kept insufficient records to prove that workers were earning at least the National Minimum Wage.
GLA chief executive Paul Broadbent said in the statement: “The slipshod attitude and actions demonstrated by the appellant in this case fall way short of the standards the GLA and the public demand to ensure that workers in our regulated sector are not exploited.”
