Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain.

We are committed to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking.  This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 2018.

Organisational structure

We are a provider of Staffing Solution Services in the labor sector.

We have a global annual turnover of £82,304,000.

Our supply chains

Our supply chains include sub-contracted niche staffing firms in support of our client needs.  All of our sub-suppliers are under eTeam contracts with flow-down terms and conditions specific to the end client.

Our policies on slavery and human trafficking

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business.  In light of the obligation to report on measures to ensure that all parts of our business and supply chain are slavery free we have reviewed our workplace policies and procedures to assess their effectiveness in identifying and tackling modern slavery issues.

Our Corporate Social Responsibility Policy, workplace policies and procedures demonstrate our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.

Supplier adherence to our values

We have zero tolerance to slavery and human trafficking enforced through our agreements. To ensure all those in our supply chain and contractors comply with our values we have in place a supply chain compliance programme.  The suppliers shall:

• comply with all applicable anti-slavery and human trafficking laws, statutes, regulations [and codes] from time to time in force, including but not limited to the Modern Slavery Act;
• comply with and maintain their own anti-slavery policy and procedures to ensure its compliance;

• not engage in any activity, practice or conduct that would constitute an offence under the provisions of the Modern Slavery

• Shall provide requisite training to its employees, Sub-suppliers to ensure compliance with the Anti-Slavery laws and shall maintain proper records of all training offered and completed by its employees, Sub-Contractors to ensure compliance with the Anti-Slavery laws and shall make a copy of the record available to Company on request.

Training

To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, we provide training to our staff. We also require our business partners to provide training to their staff and suppliers and providers.