So if you own a business in the UK you can basically commit any crime and go unpunished as being charged would affect your "employees".

Once you start noticing the privilege afforded to business-havers over have-nots, you can't unnotice it. It's the same in Canada.

Gee, I wonder how things would be if there was good safety net for unemployment and rights for employees to take ownership if the boss croaks (or goes to jail) with cheap gov't loans.