The current tools to enforce the Modern Slavery Act act are clumsy and vague; no law enforcement agency takes a proactive lead in enforcing compliance, thus we see many firms doing nothing beyond the bare minimum if anything at all. The public need a simple way to check compliance, but compliance needs to be tested …
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The UK has developed, alongside the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, principles for nations to adopt to tackle modern slavery in global supply chains. Published 25 September 2018 From: Home Office and Victoria Atkins MP The entrapment of people in forced labour is estimated to affect 25 million people worldwide. As part of a …
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Article from Close Up for Business, the official magazine of Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce Kirklees & Calderdale Edition, February 2016. Read the Article
A HUMAN trafficking investigator has issued a stark warning that many small businesses in Bradford will be employing slave labour. Read More
The scandal of the West Yorkshire bed company which employed dozens of trafficked Hungarian men as a slave workforce has led to a dramatic shake-up by three major high street retailers whose audits of the firm failed to spot anything amiss. Read More
POLICE have uncovered 33 potential cases of modern slavery in Yorkshire in the past six months, the Home Office has revealed. Read More
Small and medium sized businesses are unaware of the cascading impact the Modern Slavery Act has on them, the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) has said. Read More
71 percent of companies believe there is a likelihood of modern slavery occurring at some point within their supply chains, according to research conducted by the Ashridge Centre for Business and Sustainability at Hult International Business School and the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI). Read More
Modern Slavery Consultants Senior Director, Allan Doherty, proudly receives a Crown Court Commendation from Chris Brown, the High Sheriff of West Yorkshire. The award was in recognition of Allan’s contribution to the investigation and subsequent successful prosecution of Mohammed Rafiq of Kozee Sleep Beds, a landmark human trafficking case. Left to right: Chris Brown – …