Summary
This policy applies to all persons working for us or on behalf of in any capacity, including employees at all levels,
directors, officers, agency workers, seconded worker, volunteers, agents, contractors and suppliers.
Harris Gauges Ltd. strictly prohibits the use of modern slavery and human trafficking in our operations and
supply chain. We have and will continue to be committed to implementing systems and controls aimed at
ensuring that modern slavery is not taking place anywhere within our organisation or in any of our supply
chains. We expect that our suppliers will hold their own suppliers to the same high standards.
Commitments
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Modern slavery is a term used to encompass slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour, bonded and
child labour and human trafficking. Human trafficking is where a person arranges or facilitates the travel of
another person with a view to that person being exploited. Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of
fundamental human rights.
Commitments
We shall be a company that expects everyone working with us or on our behalf to support and uphold the
following measures to safeguard against modern slavery:
We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery in our organisation and our supply chains.
The prevention, detection and reporting of modern slavery in any part of our organisation or supply
chain is the responsibility of all those working for us or on our behalf. Workers must not engage in,
facilitate or fail to report any activity that might lead to, or suggest, a breach of this policy.
We are committed to engaging with our stakeholders and suppliers to address the risk of modern
slavery in our operations and supply chain.
We take a risk based approach to our contracting processes and keep them under review. We assess
whether the circumstances warrant the inclusion of specific prohibitions against the use of modern
slavery and trafficked labour in our contracts with third parties. Using our risked based approach we will
also assess the merits of writing to suppliers requiring them to comply with our Code of Conduct, which
sets out the minimum standards required to combat modern slavery and trafficking.
Consistence with our risk based approach we may require:
Employment and recruitment agencies and other third parties supplying workers to our
organisation to confirm their compliance with our Code of Conduct.
Suppliers engaging workers through a third party to obtain that third parties’ agreement to adhere
to the Code.
As part of our ongoing risk assessment and due diligence processes we will consider whether
circumstances warrant us carrying out audits of suppliers for their compliance with our Code of Conduct.
If we find that other individuals or organisations working on our behalf have breached this policy we will
ensure that we take appropriate action. This may range from considering the possibility of breaches
being remediated and whether that might represent the best outcome for those individuals impacted by
the breach to terminating such relationships.
Modern Slavery Statement
This statement is made pursuant to Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and outlines the steps we
have taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking are not taking place within our business or supply
chains.
We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships. We aim to
implement effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery does not occur within our operations
or those of our suppliers.
Our due diligence process includes risk assessments, supplier vetting, and contractual requirements that
obligate compliance with anti-slavery policies. We also provide internal training to raise awareness of
modern slavery risks.
We continue to review and improve our practices to uphold human rights and prevent exploitation.
This statement has been approved by the Senior Management and the Director and will be reviewed
annually.
