Tackling Hidden Labour Exploitation

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Session Objective The objective of the session is to raise awareness and understanding of our responsibilities to prevent, identify and reduce the risk of any forced labour, labour trafficking or other hidden third party labour exploitation

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Policy 2 Sisters Food Group is committed to developing and adopting a pro-active approach to tackling hidden labour exploitation Hidden labour exploitation is exploitation of job applicants or workers by third party individuals or gangs, other than the employer or labour provider, including rogue individuals working within these businesses but without the knowledge of management It includes forced labour and human trafficking for labour exploitation; payment for work finding services and work related exploitation, such as forced use of accommodation. It is understood that it is often well hidden by the perpetrators with victims, if they perceive of themselves, as such, reluctant to come forward Cockney Rhyming Slang

Why?...What’s The Problem? 30 million global victims of slavery Second only to drugs as the most profitable iiiicriminal industry Human trafficking is the fastest growing iiiicriminal industry in the world Up 67% in two years in the UK

What Is Worker Exploitation? Human Trafficking – the movement or recruitment of a person(s) by means of iithreat, force or coercion for the purpose of exploitation Forced Labour – where a person is made to work against their will, under the fear of iia penalty Rogue Landlords – the owner of the house where people, iinormally in overcrowded and unsafe properties live. The iioccupants are normally threatened with eviction or other iiforms of intimidation Work-Finding Fee’s – In the UK, it is unlawful for workers iito have to pay to get a job

Indicators Of Forced Labour

Indicators Of Forced Labour If not mentioned, indicators of forced labour could also include… Threats of, or actual physical or sexual violence Restriction of movement and confinement to the workplace or to a limited area Debt bondage – where a worker works to pay off a debt or loan, and is not paid for iiiihis / her work Withholding of wages Retention of a passport or other ID Threat of reporting to the authorities

Who Is At Risk And How Mainly migrant workers, often with limited iiiiEnglish language May lack knowledge of rights or how to iiiienforce them and accept the situation as iiiibetter than nothing Kept in control by exploiting individuals or iiiigangs Controlled by actual or threats of violence / iiiifinancial debt / withholding passports, ID, iiiibank accounts / etc

It’s All About The Money Trafficking remains primarily an organised crime, co-ordinated by gangs who move and exploit numbers of people, often as part of a wider criminal enterprise It’s a hidden crime and difficult to uncover, as workers may not consider themselves as victims or want to report anything, out of fear. This fear is not just fear of physical violence or abuse, but also the fear of feeling that your dignity has been violated. Stronger Together is all about working together, if there are any signs of this activity in our workplace

Work Allocation When requesting workers from the agency, production simply request a set number of skilled and trained workers for a specific department, based on discussions with the factory manager and proposed production. The choice of actual workers is down to the agency to provide individual names By doing this, we are… Fair Transparent Non-discriminatory

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What Are We Doing About It? Distribution of worker leaflets and poster iiiicampaigns Building awareness by educating Operatives, iiiiSupervisors and Management Implementing preventative and highlighting iiiimeasures Working together with trade unions and iiiiemployee representatives Encouraging communication to report iiiiexploitation

Your Responsibility Your responsibility is to report anything regarding… Forced labour Human trafficking Rogue landlords Work finding fees If you have concerns that this is happening in your department, it is best to report this to a trusted Supervisor and / or Manager, or even leave an anonymous note for the HR department

Key Contacts Internal key contacts include… HR Whistle Blower Hotline (see poster for phone number) Supervisor and / or Manager External key contacts include… The police (999) if you are in any immediate danger Non-emergency police (101) For personal help and support for victims of human trafficking, The Salvation Army iiiiare available on 03003038151 or Migrant Help on 07766 668781 Report it to the Gangmasters Licensing Authority on 0800 4320804 (confidential)

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Next Steps The next step following this briefing, is to cascade this information down to your team(s). To help do this, we have produced a Toolbox Talk which will take approx 15 minutes to complete (this document requires a signature on the Toolbox Talk register (pictured below) which will be filed in the training records) This will be repeated every 6 months in order to show our commitment to protecting the staff, department, site and the company This briefing, along with the sign-off must be completed and recorded in the training records by the end of March

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