Anti Slavery Statement
Company Statement: Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Preventing Hidden Labour Exploitation
POLICY STATEMENT
Elite Guarding (UK) LTD trading as Security Security Ltd pledges to take a proactive stance in addressing hidden labor exploitation.
Hidden labor exploitation refers to the exploitation of job seekers and workers by third-party individuals or gangs, distinct from the employer or labor provider. This may involve rogue individuals operating within these businesses without management’s knowledge. It encompasses forced labor, human trafficking for labor exploitation, payment for work-finding services, and exploitation related to work such as forced accommodation. Perpetrators often conceal it well, with victims, if they identify as such, hesitant to report it.
COVERAGE
This policy applies to all offices and operations within the Elite Guarding (UK) LTD trading as Secret Security group.
RESPONSIBILITY
Ivan Mariacher, Managing Director, holds the overall responsibility for the policy, training, updates, and auditing to ensure its commitments are upheld. As part of our commitment to the Preventing Labour Exploitation HR Policy, our HR partners send it to Alex, operation and general business managers who are trained and tasked with upholding the Stronger Together HR Policy at a local level.
Policy Pledges
Elite Guarding (UK) LTD, trading as Secret Security, shall:
- Understand that job finding fees are a business expense and will not be borne by job applicants. The company will not engage any individual or organization to recruit and supply workers without ensuring that workers are not being charged any job finding fees.
- Make sure that all personnel tasked with directly recruiting workers receive training to recognize issues related to third-party labor exploitation and to identify signs of it. They should also sign appropriate Compliance Principles.
- Ensure that labor sourcing, recruitment, and worker placement processes are overseen by trusted and competent staff members.
- Take a proactive approach to reporting suspicions of hidden worker exploitation to the Gangmasters Licensing Authority and the police.
- Inform our workforce about hidden labor exploitation through workplace posters and induction sessions.
- Encourage workers to report cases of hidden third-party labor exploitation, provide them with the means to do so, and investigate and address reports promptly.
- Actively encourage and support employees and agency workers to report any exploitation within their communities by providing information on Migrant Help during induction and on posters around the factory, as well as ensuring all staff are aware of their trusted manager.
