Modern slavery

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 places specific responsibilities on organisations to make sure slavery and human trafficking does not take place in its supply chain or in any part of its own business. Though some people may be more vulnerable to exploitation than others, it is not restricted by age, gender, or background. The term ‘modern slavery’ captures a whole range of exploitation, which may occur together to have a combined effect on people’s rights and liberty. These include, but are not limited to:

• Child slavery - this can involve forced child labour, child trafficking, forced marriage and / or child domestic servitude.
• Criminal exploitation - exploitation of a person to commit a crime or combination of crimes.
• Domestic servitude – enforced work in a private household, usually performing domestic chores and childcare duties.
• Forced labour – people forced to work long hours for little or no pay, in poor conditions and under threat of violence to themselves or their families.
• Sexual exploitation - including sexual abuse, forced prostitution and the production of child pornography.
• Trafficking - involving the transportation, recruitment, receipt or harbouring of people for purposes of exploitation using immoral means, including violence, threats, deception, coercion, abduction, or bribery.