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1 results foundAuthor: Balch, Alex Title: Regulation and Enforcement to Tackle Forced Labour in the UK: A Systematic Response? Summary: This programme paper forms part of an interconnected series of research papers funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) into forced labour. The aim of the research is to examine the extent to which forced labour in the UK is influenced/ exacerbated by specific factors. This paper focuses on the problems that exist in terms of enforcement and regulation in the UK context. Two forthcoming papers look at business practices and the role of immigration policies. The purpose of this piece of work is to provide a critical analysis of the legislative framework and organisational field and how this affects regulation and enforcement. The approach is systemic in that it aims to locate the legal measures and organisational environment within the broader context of the protection of workers’ rights in the UK. The paper considers the legislative framework around forced labour, the organisations that are charged with regulating and enforcing the rules, and problems of knowledge and expertise within those organisations. The findings demonstrate how loose and complex the structural coupling is between the legislative system and the organisational field when it comes to forced labour. The UK government has decided against joining some international agreements that could help to tackle the problem, and there are questions over implementation with those it has opted to join. The system of protection for workers’ rights is patchy and inconsistent, partly due to the lack of a coherent regulatory authority or system of monitoring employment practices. It is likely that there are varying levels of awareness across all front-line staff. Large-scale multi-agency enforcement operations have been successful in harnessing the combined expertise and resources of the various organisations that can act to stop forced labour, but there have been mixed results in the courts. There are also questions over the capacity to carry out such operations in the future. The paper ends by developing a series of recommendations for improving the operation of the current system, proposing points of action in the light of findings and making suggestions for future research. Details: Liverpool: Joseph Rowntree Foundation, University of Liverpool, 2012. 65p. Source: JRF Programme Paper, Forced Labour: Internet Resource: Accessed March 11, 2012 at http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/forced-labour-regulation-full.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/forced-labour-regulation-full.pdf Shelf Number: 124447 Keywords: Forced Labor (U.K.)Law Enforcement (U.K.)Legislation (U.K.) |