Introduction
This voluntary statement was written in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
- Encore Musicians, along with its supply chains, primarily operates within the United Kingdom, with the company’s headquarters located in London.
- This statement applies to all individuals involved with our organisation, regardless of their role. This includes employees, directors, interns, contractors, external consultants, and business partners.
- Encore Musicians is committed to ensuring the complete absence of modern slavery or human trafficking within our supply chains and any aspect of our operations. We further commit to enhancing our business practices to combat modern slavery and to prevent its occurrence within our business operations and supply chains.
Definitions
Modern Slavery
This encompasses the recruitment, transportation, harbouring, or receipt of individuals through force, coercion, exploitation of vulnerability, deceit, or any other means, with the intent of exploitation.
Human Trafficking
This refers to the organisation or facilitation of another person's travel for the purpose of exploitation.
Our Commitment to Combating Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Given the nature of our operations, we assess ourselves to have a low risk of encountering modern slavery in both our business and supply chains. Nonetheless, if such a risk were to be identified, we commit to conducting regular compliance audits and taking appropriate measures for the prevention of modern slavery in our business operations and supply chains.
Our Commitments
- Ensuring that all employee salaries meet or exceed the National Minimum Wage and that all staff have the right to work in the UK.
- Encouraging employees to promptly report incidents of concern and facilitating this process through their respective managers.
- Should any of our employees or individuals and entities acting on our behalf breach this policy, we are committed to taking appropriate remedial action, including legal measures when necessary.
- We are also committed to periodically reviewing this policy. Should a change in circumstances increase the risk of it being breached, we will assess the need for additional policies and procedures to safeguard against modern slavery and human trafficking in our business operations and supply chains.
We further commit to taking the following steps in 2023/2024:
- Sharing this statement with our employees and providing supplementary resources to raise awareness of the Modern Slavery Act, as well as the steps to take.
- Incorporating this statement into the mandatory reading materials for new employees during the onboarding period.
- Introducing a Supplier Code of Conduct, outlining our expectations of all our suppliers with regards to human rights and fair labour practices. This includes the expectation that all suppliers take measures to prevent all forms of modern slavery and human trafficking within their business operations.
James McAulay
CEO
