Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Policy

i3Works Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Policy

Definitions

In this policy i3Works will use the following definitions:

1. i3Works Limited: The Company.
2. You/Staff: Employees of i3Works, Consultants, Contractors, anyone representing i3Works in a paid capacity.
3. Companion: A colleague or trade union representative.
4. Third Party: Any individual or organization i3Works meets and works with, such as actual and potential clients, customers, suppliers, distributors, business contacts, agents, advisers, and government and public bodies – this includes their advisors, representatives and officials, politicians, and public parties. Any arrangements the company makes with a third party are subject to clear contractual terms, including specific provisions that require the third party to comply with a minimum.
5. i3Hub: Staff Digital Resource Hub
6. HR: Human Resources
7. To understand how your personal data will be managed by i3Works please refer to the latest version of our Data Privacy Statement: Privacy notice | i3Works Ltd
    

Policy Statement

This policy applies to all persons working for, or on behalf of i3Works Limited in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency workers, agents, contractors and suppliers. 

i3Works Limited 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.

Organisational Structure

i3Works Limited is based in Bristol, England. Employees work from our premises, homeworking or based at client offices (throughout the United Kingdom).

i3Works Limited delivers specialist consultancy services to Public Sector bodies including NHS, Cabinet Office, Home Office, Ministry of Justice and multiple local councils. Demand for our services is consistent throughout the year and therefore not seasonal.

Commitments

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 risk-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.
• Consistent 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 party’s agreement to adhere to the Code.
• As part of our ongoing risk assessment and due diligence 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 to reporting of the situation to the relevant authorities.

Commitments

Slavery and Human Trafficking are serious crimes, and we are pleased to submit this Policy outlining the commitment of i3Works Limited to the aims of the Modern-Day Slavery Act 2015.