Agricultural workers' rights
Gangmasters
An individual or business that provides workers for agricultural work is called a ‘gangmaster’.
Gangmasters must be licensed if they provide workers for:
- agriculture
- horticulture
- dairy farming
- food and drink processing or packaging
- forestry
- gathering shellfish (anybody who uses supplied workers to gather shellfish also needs to be licensed)
There are some jobs in these industries that do not need a gangmaster licence.