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The government will take forward options for civil penalties for non-compliance with the Modern Slavery Act in line with the development of the single enforcement body for employment rights. Human rights group Liberty argued that the bill should have:[17], One of the aims of the Home Affairs Select Committee's inquiry into prostitution legislation, which began in January 2016, was to examine the impact that the act had had on trafficking for the purposes of prostitution and whether further measures were needed to help those involved in prostitution to leave it. The applicable criteria for those commercial organisations required to publish an SHT statement remain unchanged.2 However, the Government’s response to the consultation confirms that it intends to amend the MSA so that public bodies with an annual budget of £36 million or more (not currently within the ambit of section 54) are also required to publish SHT statements. Specifically: In addition to these concrete proposals, the Government’s response identifies areas for potential further reform. 0000002875 00000 n "The bill is wholly and exclusively about law enforcement – but it shouldn’t be enforcement-based, it should be victim-based", he said. 0000001590 00000 n Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13) 7. 0000029938 00000 n We are reviewing them so that we can fix these. The energy transition is firmly underway. [13], In March 2015 an amendment was brought forward in the House of Lords concerning migrant workers who are brought to the UK by their employer using "tied visas". A number of the proposed changes will align the MSA more closely with its Australian cousin, the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (the Australian Act), and are intended to facilitate scrutiny and comparison of SHT statements by civil society, investors and other stakeholders.
It received Royal Assent and became law on 26 March 2015. &�N��o��c�Y ����!h �qF�*+Xv��!��$��q��;������g�2�g��~�Qu��������o̷��7�| ����!ـo��;�卂JZ,b=g0H0030$0�i_H\,1ɰ'Y� FH�2�Iz�K�:fX�,q�\��p�JͰ���Y%I�"�y�TV̭����c�*a�*y�D�a��$���s�N2:�5��4��I�@&s��`jQ#B Ƣh�Mcqk�������I��(��&hp �>�c�"�yx���0#��-� P��att�Ci$,BD While global demand for energy continues to rise, increasing pressure from governments, investors, and consumers to support the decarbonisation of the industry has spearheaded radical change. Annual benchmarking exercises carried out by NGOs regularly highlight how many organisations include little detail in their statements about key topics such as SHT risk assessments and programme monitoring. On 22 September 2020, the UK Government published its response to a 2019 consultation on potential options for strengthening section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the MSA), which requires certain commercial organisations to publish a slavery and human trafficking (SHT) statement on an annual basis.. Of most interest to businesses will be the Government’s commitment to amend …
Group statements: Section 54 will be amended to require that “group” statements name all entities in the corporate group covered by the statement. September 30, 2020. You’ve accepted all cookies. The bill's sponsors in the Home Office were Theresa May and Lord Bates. The act extends to England and Wales. We hope that this leads to greater compliance and greater action from more companies. [21] In September 2017 alone, nine people were jailed for offences under the act. These workers are typically foreign domestic workers and they are not allowed to legally leave their job and find employment elsewhere. trailer In … Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25) 6.