Corporate compliance

New and updated

• Date:

  19 September 2016

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Writing a modern slavery statement: a guide for employers

  Large employers are expected to publish their annual modern slavery statement within six months of the end of the financial year, meaning that organisations with a financial year of 1 April to 31 March should publish their statement no later than the end of September each year. What do you have to consider when writing a modern slavery statement, how should it be structured and what can it contain?

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Anti-bribery statement

  Updated to include information on Blake v Home Office, an employment tribunal decision that an employee was fairly dismissed for failing to report an attempted bribe in a timely manner.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Anti-bribery contract clause

  Updated to include information on Blake v Home Office, an employment tribunal decision that an employee was fairly dismissed for failing to report an attempted bribe in a timely manner.

• Date:

  15 January 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

  Employee fairly dismissed after taking bribe contrary to Bribery Act 2010

  The dismissal of an immigration officer for taking a bribe was held to be fair by the employment tribunal. The employer was entitled to conclude that the honesty and integrity of the employee, who performed an important public function, was in doubt because she did not immediately report the bribe.

• Type:

  Tasks

  Prepare a modern slavery and human trafficking statement

• Type:

  FAQs

  Which employers are required to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What duties do employers have under the "transparency in supply chains" provisions of the Modern Slavery Act 2015?

• Type:

  FAQs

  What is the timescale for employers to prepare a slavery and human trafficking statement?

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Modern Slavery Act 2015 comes into force

  The Modern Slavery Act 2015 is introduced, simplifying and codifying the law on modern slavery.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Freedom of Information (Designation as Public Authorities) Order 2015 comes into force

  The Freedom of Information Act 2000 allows individuals to submit requests for the disclosure of information held by public bodies, unless those organisations can show that the information requested is exempt from disclosure.