The Modern Slavery Act 2015 consolidates and codifies the law on modern slavery. The key provision in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 for UK employers is section 54, which requires large commercial organisations to prepare a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year.
Clothing brands and government to be investigated by MPs over links with exploitation of oppressed people in China.
Retailers, MPs, charities and campaign groups have urged the home secretary to take action on alleged worker exploitation in UK garment factories.
Illegally low pay and dilapidated conditions blight thousands of workers in Leicester, it is alleged.
The coronavirus pandemic will make more people in urgent need of work and more employers desperate to stay in business,...
Low-cost fashion retailer Boohoo has promised to investigate workers’ pay and conditions at a Leicester factory.
How much more can HR do to protect supply chains and the people that work within them, five years on from the Modern Slavery Act passing into law?
Two in five employers are not aware that it is legal to employ somebody who is homeless, a survey has...
The government’s points-based immigration rules could increase the risk of worker exploitation, human trafficking and modern slavery by criminal gangs,...
The vulnerability of UK supermarkets’ supply chains to inhumane labour practices has once again been demonstrated by the news that...
With legal action hovering over British American Tobacco, and G4S shares being blacklisted by an investment fund, it’s clear that...
Only 18 of 71 global hotel firms operating in the UK have met the minimum requirements of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015.
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund, has sold its shares in UK-based security company G4S because of the risk of human rights violations against its workforce in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Legal challenge on child labour used on farms in Malawi hangs over British American Tobacco.
Poor pay, exploitative working conditions and human rights abuses are commonplace in the supply chains for major supermarkets
With the Home Office suggesting that organisations should improve the effectiveness of their modern slavery policies, Lottie Galvin looks at...
