Modern Slavery Policy
Modern Slavery Policy
Modern Slavery Act 2015 – Policy
1. Newstaff Employment Services Limited is committed to eliminating modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.
2. Newstaff Employment Services Limited is committed to ensuring that its staff and any workers it supplies (directly or indirectly) are not subject to behaviour or threats that may amount to modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.
3. Newstaff Employment Services Limited provides appropriate training and awareness information for all of its staff in particular
• Our leadership team receive detailed training in identifying and resolving concerns about modern slavery and human trafficking.
• Our recruiters undertake training courses that include guidance around modern slavery and human trafficking, as well as other wider human rights issues.
• All of our staff receive awareness-raising information around issues involving modern slavery and human trafficking so that they can bring any concerns they have to the attention of management.
4. Any staff, workers or other parties are strongly encouraged to report any concerns or suspicions that they might have to Andy Newsome.
5. Reports surrounding these issues are taken extremely seriously by the senior leadership team, who are committed to ensuring that all investigations shall be prompt and effective. If our investigations reveal any issues, we are committed to taking appropriate action, including but not limited to:
• Working with the appropriate organisations to improve standards,
• Removing that organisation from our preferred supplier list,
• Passing details to appropriate law enforcement bodies.
6. We regularly monitor our risks in this area using relevant key performance indicators, including:
• The percentage of suppliers who sign up to an appropriate code / provide their own modern slavery statements,
• The percentage of workers supplied from audited businesses / our preferred supplier list,
• The effectiveness of enforcement against suppliers who breach policies,
• The amount of time spent on audits, re-audits, spot checks, and related due diligence
7. As part of our efforts in this area, we publish a modern slavery statement on an annual basis.
8. We would also recommend reading this in conjunction with our other policies, including our:
• Anti-bribery / corruption policy, and
This policy was adopted on 05/ 05/ 2014 after being agreed by the decision-makers. It is reviewed annually.
