Slavery and Human Trafficking Statements – are you ready to go public on 1st April 2016?
You may be thinking that this probably has nothing to do with your business. Think again. The obligation under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (‘MSA’) applies to organisations that have an annual turnover of £36 million and above and is therefore likely to affect recruiters and umbrella companies more than other SMEs due to, for instance, paying temporary workers. You may not be caught by the MSA, but your client base might already be reviewing their supply chain and could require you to publish Slavery and Human Trafficking (“SHT”) statements. This is an opportunity to sharpen up practices and incorporate MSA compliance with a view to maintaining your competitive advantage.
The new disclosure duty is effective as of 1st April 2016. (click here for our previous article) You should therefore be prepared and, if you haven’t already done so, seek legal advice and start thinking about what your business is doing, or could be doing, to combat modern slavery.
If you have a burning question about this topic or any other HR or employment law matters please send an email to [email protected] or telephone me on 01273 236236. For those of you that are ARC members don’t forget that you can get in touch via the ARC helpline.
Adrian, a highly experienced lawyer, founded Lawspeed in 1997. He is responsible for developing our extensive portfolio of products and services, including the widely used Lawspeed contract templates. Adrian is an expert on “recruitment law” and specialises in contracts, regulatory compliance, employment status and dispute handling. He is chair of the trade body the Association of Recruitment Consultancies, the only lawyer lead recruitment trade body in the UK. Adrian and his co-director Ravi devised Standards in Recruitment as a vehicle for helping drive up standards and compliance in the industry.
Adrian is our lead in discussions with the government over regulatory evolution. Apart from assisting with client support, Adrian’s primary role is research and development into methods of business delivery, our latest service Proterms being his most recent project. Adrian heads our IR35 lawyers team.