Modern Slavery Policy

NOTLEN GROUP LTD LIMITED MODERN SLAVERY POLICY

POLICY STATEMENT: Slavery has always been immoral but thankfully today it is seen as a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. Slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking all have in common, the deprivation of a person's liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain. 

 

THE LAW: The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Transparency in Supply Chains) Regulations 2015

 

NOTLEN GROUP LTD LIMITED is committed to ensuring there is total transparency in our own business activities and in our efforts to tackle Modern Slavery throughout our supply chain. NOTLEN GROUP Ltd is committed to operating ethically and with integrity in all our business activities and corporate relationships. We will implement and enforce effective systems and controls to ensure Modern Slavery is not taking place anywhere in our own business or our supply chain. Consequently, we expect the same high standards of integrity from all of our contractors, suppliers and other business partners. As part of our contracting processes, we include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory or trafficked labour, or anyone held in slavery or servitude and we expect that our suppliers will hold their own suppliers to the same high standards. This policy applies to all persons working for us or on our behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, Operatives, Contractor workers, volunteers, agents, contractors, external consultants, third-party representatives and business partners. This policy does not form part of any employee’s contract of employment and we may amend it at any time.

 

Director: Wayne Meade

 

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE POLICY: The HR Department Andrew Gordon has overall responsibility for ensuring this policy complies with our legal and ethical obligations, and that all those under our control comply with it. The Director Gordon Phillips has primary and day-to-day responsibility for ensuring the implementation of this policy periodically monitoring its use and effectiveness. As part of NOTLEN GROUP LTD ’S integrated HSEQ MANAGEMENT SYSTEM internal and external audits will periodically be conducted to ensure the systems effectiveness. Management at all levels are responsible for ensuring those reporting to them understand and comply with this policy and are given any required training.

 

COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY: You must ensure that you read, understand and comply with this policy. The prevention, detection and reporting of modern slavery in any part of our business or supply chain is the responsibility of all those working for us or under our control. You are required to avoid any activity that might lead to, or suggest, a breach of this policy. You must notify your manager OR (Director) as soon as possible if you believe or suspect that a conflict with this policy has occurred, or may occur in the future. You are encouraged to raise concerns about any issue of suspicion of Modern Slavery in any parts of our business or the supply chains of any supplier tier at the earliest. If you believe or suspect a breach of this policy has occurred or that it may occur, you must notify your manager or report it in accordance with our “Placing People First” Policy as soon as possible. If you are unsure about whether a particular act, the treatment of workers more generally, or their working conditions within any tier of our supply chain constitutes any of the various forms of modern slavery, raise it with your manager or Director. NOTLEN GROUP LTD aim is to encourage and facilitate transparency and openness and will support anyone who raises genuine concerns in good faith under this policy, even if they turn out to be mistaken. We are committed to ensuring no one suffers any detrimental treatment as a result of reporting in good faith their suspicion that modern slavery of whatever form is or may be taking place in any part of our own business or in any CONTINUED- part of our supply chain. If you believe that you have suffered any such treatment, you should inform your manager immediately.

 

COMMUNICATION AND AWARENESS OF POLICY: Training on this policy, will be given at induction with further guidance given throughout the year. 

Our zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery must be communicated to all suppliers, contractors and business partners at the outset of our business relationship with them and reinforced as appropriate thereafter.

BREACHES OF THIS POLICY: Any employee who breaches this policy will face disciplinary action, which could result in dismissal for misconduct or gross misconduct. We may terminate our relationship with other individuals and organisations working on our behalf if they breach this policy.

 

Signed: Mrs C Chambers 

HR  Manager: (Notlen Group ltd)

Date: 01.01.23