The guidance provided here will assist companies understand stakeholders expectations of modern slavery statements under section 54.
Home office guidance on modern slavery statements. You should also include. Added statutory guidance on modern slavery. During the pandemic it is essential that businesses. The home office statutory guidance states that you should do this within 6 months of your organisation s financial year end.
Now that organisations have gone through a first round of modern slavery statements and some have already published a second report the guidance has been revised to. The msa does not actually refer directly to child labour as being in itself a form of modern slavery. If so publish a modern slavery statement. Furthermore the pandemic may increase the risk of slavery in many settings.
Under section 54 of the modern slavery act 2015 certain businesses are required to publish an annual modern slavery statement setting out the steps they. An effective informative and substantive statement will address and report on modern slavery in the context of a broader human rights due diligence context. Over the last month the uk home office has sent letters to more than 17 000 companies that it believes are required to publish an annual statement under the uk modern slavery act. How to identify and support victims to the section national referral.
The home office guidance emphasises that the response to the pandemic such as lockdown travel restrictions new suppliers and the demand for new items such as ppe may mean that an organisation faces new or increased modern slavery risks in the supply chain. The slavery and human trafficking statement should set out. The key question is whether the child is being exploited. The uk home office has released an updated version of its guidance for companies on the content of statements published under the modern slavery act 2015.
Publishing a modern slavery statement. The guidance was initially published in 2015 when the bill first passed. Uk government modern slavery statement published.