The government wants to double the length of time companies can be punished to two years for serious employment breaches.Those include not paying the minimum wage or repeatedly disobeying visa rules. Measures introduced through the government's Employments Rights Bill - which is currently making its way through Parliament - would also take action against employers who are showing signs of rule breaking.
Shamefully, these practices have been seen particularly in our care sector, where workers coming to the UK to support our health and social care service have all too often found themselves plunged into unjustifiable insecurity and debt. This can, and must, end." Health minister Stephen Kinnock said: "Migrant workers are a valuable part of our social care workforce, supporting vulnerable people across the country every day.