Silver Stone Search & Selection Ltd - Modern slavery and human trafficking statement & Policy

Silver Stone Search & Selection Ltd recognise that modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights.

As stated in the Modern Slavery act 2015 - It takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person?s liberty by another to exploit them for personal or commercial gain.

Silver Stone Search & Selection Ltd have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships and to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our own business or in any of our supply chains.

We are also committed to ensuring there is transparency in our own business and in our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chains, consistent with our disclosure obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We expect the same high standards from all 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, whether adults or children, and we expect that our suppliers will hold their own suppliers to the same high standards.

Organisational structure

We are a provider of Recruitment Services across multiple disciplines in several sectors including but not limited to Food Manufacturing, FMCG Manufacturing and Packaging.

Our policies on slavery and human trafficking

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business.

Our Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy demonstrates our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.

Due diligence processes for slavery and human trafficking

• Identify and assess potential risk areas in our supply chains.
• Mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains.
• Monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains.
• Protect whistle blowers.

Supplier adherence to our values

To assess the risk of modern slavery, we use the following processes with our suppliers:

• We review the potential for risk at regular intervals, including the possibility of auditing a supplier or conducting spot checks.

Additionally, we have taken the following steps to minimise the possibility of any problems:

• We reserve the right to conduct spot-checks of the businesses who supply us, in order to investigate any complaints.
• We require the businesses we work with to address modern slavery concerns in their policies.
• Only senior members of staff who have undergone appropriate training for assessing modern slavery risks in the supply chain are authorised to sign contracts and establish commercial relationships in any area where we have identified the potential for risk.
• We collaborate with our suppliers to improve standards and transparency across our supply chain.

Our staff are encouraged to bring any concerns they have to the attention of management.

Key Measures

We track the following general key performance indicators:

• Training: Modern Slavery training as part of the on-boarding to ensuring Modern Slavery awareness throughout the business.
• Recruitment: Where possible individuals are met face to face as part of their on- boarding. and continuous communication throughout their placement. Where restrictions or distance make a face-to-face meeting impossible we have video calls with potential candidates.
• Right to Work: Stringent verification processes to ensure the right to work in the UK.
• Audits: We carry out internal audits on high-risk groups.

Scope/to whom this policy applies.

This policy applies to all persons working for Silver Stone Search & Selection Ltd or on our behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency workers, seconded workers, contractors, external consultants, third-party representatives and business partners. This policy does not form part of any employee?s contract of employment and Silver Stone Search & Selection may amend it at any time.