Bed firm boss convicted over ‘slave workforce’
Editor2018-08-12T12:03:41+00:00READ HERE The boss of a bed-making firm has been found guilty of human trafficking.
January 2016
October 2015
Pair in court for modern slavery
Editor2018-08-12T12:04:58+00:00READ HERE A couple who supplied workers to Sports Direct have appeared in court accused of modern slavery.
September 2015
Woman awarded £184,000 in UK’s first caste discrimination case
Editor2018-08-12T12:05:29+00:00READ HERE Permila Tirkey, from Bihar in India, was paid as little as 11p an hour and was forced to work 18 hour days by her employers
Modern slavery investigation sees 13 charged
Editor2018-08-12T12:06:05+00:00READ HERE Thirteen people have been charged after a police operation against modern slavery.
August 2015
Putting slavery firmly on development agenda is just the start
Editor2018-08-12T12:06:47+00:00READ MORE THE GUARDIAN: Until now, modern slavery and development have been treated largely as separate policy areas. In fact, they are inextricably linked.
Ruthless UK employers trap migrants in ‘modern-day slavery’
Editor2018-08-12T12:07:24+00:00READ HERE Exploitation of migrant workers by unscrupulous UK employers is on the increase, the government’s anti-slavery commissioner has reported.
Lithuanian workers trafficked to UK egg farms sue ‘worst gangmaster ever’
Editor2018-08-12T12:08:26+00:00READ HERE Six workers bringing legal action against Kent-based DJ Houghton describe working as chicken catchers in inhuman and degrading conditions
Modern Slavery Act – be thankful
Editor2018-08-12T12:09:03+00:00READ HERE We should pause and celebrate the United Kingdom's Modern Slavery Act. By Andrew Wallis, founder and CEO of awarding winning anti-slavery charity Unseen.
Anti-slavery powers come into force in England and Wales
Editor2018-08-12T12:09:25+00:00READ HERE Key parts of new legislation to combat slavery in the UK - including life sentences for those guilty of people trafficking - have come into force in England and Wales.
July 2015
The food sector braces itself for crackdown on modern day slavery
Editor2018-08-12T12:09:57+00:00READ HERE Large businesses across multiple sectors are about to be required to publish a statement on what, if any, anti-slavery and human trafficking precautions they have in place.