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ByFair Work Agencycedar_river_12c14c

The Fair Work Agency licensing standards for gangmasters are the conditions labour providers need to meet to get or renew a gangmaster's licence.

Adapted edition

Employment compliance
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
18
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-16
Category
Safety & operations
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

The Fair Work Agency licensing standards for gangmasters are the conditions labour providers need to meet to get or renew a gangmaster's licence. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • Part 1 - background information on the gangmaster's licensing scheme
  • Who needs a licence?
  • How the licensing standards will be applied
  • Assessing compliance and FWA inspections
  • No issues identified
  • Inspection score is below 30 points
  • Inspection score is 30 points or more
  • Applying for a licence
  • Who should be named on a licence?
  • Appealing against an FWA decision
  • Criminal offences
  • Complaints
  • Part 2 - the licensing standards
  • Licensing standard 1: Fit and proper test
  • Licensing standard 2: Pay and tax matters
  • Licensing standard 3: Forced labour and mistreatment of workers
Source and licence
The Fair Work Agency licensing standards for gangmasters

Fair Work Agency

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionFair Work Agency, ‘The Fair Work Agency licensing standards for gangmasters’ (updated 7 April 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.016/09/2026
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