Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Statement
Introduction
This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement is a response to Section 54(1), Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and relates to actions and activities for the financial year ending 31st January 2023.
Towcester Family Law Practice is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking violations in its own operations, its suppliers (that being a person, business, or entity that provides products or services to us) and within the business. We have zero-tolerance towards slavery and require our suppliers and employees to comply with our values.
Organisational structure
Towcester Family Law Practice has one office located in the United Kingdom.
We operate in the Family Law sector.
For more information about us, please visit our website: www.tflp.co.uk
Policies
We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner.
These include the following
Recruitment and Selection policy
We request confirmation from all prospective employees that they are eligible to work in the UK.
Staff code of conduct
We are committed to the fair treatment of all staff. Our Staff Handbook which outlines our code of conduct, reflects our core values and expected behaviours. The code of conduct makes it clear that we have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery.
Safeguarding policy
This policy highlights the potential risks of modern slavery and human trafficking, including how to identify signs of exploitation and how to report concerns.
We make sure our suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same standards.
Risk and compliance
We have evaluated the nature and extent of our exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring within our suppliers, however we do not consider that we operate in a high-risk environment. We have a simple supply chain that includes the purchase of products and services needed for the business day-to-day operations, including office & computer supplies, training of employees, infrastructure and travel. However we do recognise that through our supply chain and client engagements we can be exposed to the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking.
We take steps to identify and minimise the risk of modern slavery existing in our supply chain by adopting the following:
- Annually assess the potential modern slavery risks in our operations and supply chains.
- Take steps to address any potential modern slavery risks identified, focusing on high risk products and services.
- Investigate suspected breaches, with appropriate disciplinary and remedial action.
- Review our approach every year as a minimum, so that we actively identify new risks.
We do not tolerate slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains. Where there is evidence of failure to comply with our policies and procedures by any of our suppliers, we will seek to terminate our relationship with that supplier immediately.
The statement was approved by the Sole Proprietor Heather Rose
If you require further information, please contact Helen Stockwin - [email protected]
