Modern Slavery Policy

Modern Slavery Policy – Stream Recruitment 2024 

1. Stream Recruitment is committed to eliminating modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.   
2. Stream Recruitment is committed to ensuring that its staff and any workers it supplies (directly or indirectly) are not subject to behaviour or threats that may amount to modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.   
3.  Stream Recruitment provides appropriate training and awareness information for all of its staff. In particular:  
   • Our leadership team receive detailed training in identifying and resolving concerns around modern slavery and human trafficking. 
   • All of our staff receive awareness-raising information around issues involving modern slavery and human trafficking, so that they can bring any concerns they have to the attention of management. 
4. Any staff, workers or other parties are strongly encouraged to report any concerns or suspicions that they might have to the company director.  
5. Reports surrounding these issues are taken extremely seriously by directors & senior leadership team, who are committed to ensuring that all investigations shall be prompt and effective. If our investigations reveal any issues, we are committed to taking appropriate action, including but not limited to: 
   • Working with the appropriate organisations to improve standards, 
   • Removing that organisation from our preferred supplier list, 
   • Passing details to appropriate law enforcement bodies. 
6. We regularly monitor our risks in this area through the use of relevant key performance indicators, including:
   • The percentage of suppliers who sign up to an appropriate code / provide their own modern slavery statements, 
   • The percentage of workers and/or candidates supplied from audited businesses / our preferred supplier list, 
   • The effectiveness of enforcement against suppliers who breach policies, 
   • The amount of time spent on audits, re-audits, spot checks, and related due diligence, 
   • The level of modern slavery training and awareness amongst our staff. 
7. As part of our efforts in this area, we publish a modern slavery statement on an annual basis.  
8. We would also recommend reading this in conjunction with our other policies, including our: 
   • Corporate social responsibility policy, 
   • Anti-bribery / corruption policy, and 
   • Whistle-blowing policy. 

This policy was adopted on 08/02/2021 after being agreed by director.  It is reviewed every 12 Months. 

Modern Slavery Statement – Stream Recruitment 2023 

This statement is made as part of Stream Recruitment ’s commitment to eliminating the exploitation of people under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act).  It summarises how Stream Recruitment operates, the policies and processes in place to minimise the possibility of any problems, any risks we have identified and how we monitor them, and how we train our staff.   

This statement is published in accordance with section 54 of the Act, and relates to the financial year 04/2023 to 04/2024.  It was approved by the director.   

Cai Messenger 
Date – 15/05/2023 
Director   

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1. Our Business 

Stream Recruitment is a limited operating in the recruitment sector.  We provide introduction services and supply temporary workers in Information Technology sectors. 

Stream Recruitment is an independent business.   

1.1 Who we work with 

All of the hirers that we work with, and all of the work-seekers we provide, are known to and identified by our staff.  All of the temporary workers we supply are identified by our staff. Some of these work-seekers operate through their own limited companies. We do not supply work-seekers to hiring companies through any intermediaries. 

The hiring companies that we work with are in United Kingdom. The work-seekers we supply live in United Kingdom. 

1.2 Other relationships

As part of our business, we also work with the following organisations: 

• the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (www.rec.uk.com) and the Institute of Recruitment Professionals (www.rec-irp.uk.com) 

2. Our Policies 

Stream Recruitment has a modern slavery policy.  

In addition, Stream Recruitment has the following policies which incorporate ethical standards for our staff and our suppliers. 

• Corporate social responsibility policy, 
• Anti-bribery / corruption policy, and 
• Whistle-blowing policy. 

2.1 Policy development and review 

Stream Recruitment ’s policies are established by our directors and our senior leadership team, based on advice from HR professionals, industry best practice and legal advice, and in consultation with Recruitment and Employment Confederation.  We review our policies annually, or as needed to adapt to changes.   

3. Our Processes for Managing Risk 

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

• When engaging with suppliers, we ask for evidence of their processes and policies, including commitments around modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, human rights, and whistle-blowing. 
• We review the potential for risk at regular intervals, including the possibility of re-auditing a supplier or conducting spot checks. 

After due consideration, we have not identified any significant risks of modern slavery, forced labour, or human trafficking in our supply chain.  However, we continue to be alert to the potential for problems.   

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 collaborate with our suppliers in order to improve standards and transparency across our supply chain. 
• 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 ensure that all of our suppliers are members of appropriate industry bodies and working groups. 

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

4. Our Performance 

As part of monitoring the performance of Stream Recruitment, we track the following general key performance indicators: 

• The level of training amongst your staff,  
• The speed with which you investigate related complaints, and the effectiveness of any whistle-blowing procedures, and/or 
• The level of compliance and transparency you have established in your supply chain.   

Based on the potential risks we have identified, we have also established the following key performance indicators, which are regularly assessed by directors and our senior leadership team: 

• the percentage of suppliers who sign up to an appropriate code / provide their own modern slavery statements 
• the percentage of workers supplied from audited businesses / our preferred supplier list. 
• the effectiveness of enforcement against suppliers who breach policies. 
• the level of modern slavery training and awareness amongst our staff 

We benchmark our indicators against industry best-practice, in order to ensure that we do not put undue pressure on our suppliers that might increase the potential for risk. 

5. Our Training 

All of our staff receive training and support that is appropriate to their role.  In particular: 

• Our leadership team receive detailed training in identifying and resolving concerns around modern slavery and human trafficking. 
• All of our staff receive awareness-raising information around issues involving modern slavery and human trafficking, so that they can bring any concerns they have to the attention of management. 

As part of this, our staff are encouraged to discuss any concerns that they have.