Modern Slavery

1. Hunter Dunning Ltd is committed to eliminating modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.

2. Hunter Dunning Ltd is committed to ensuring that its staff and any workers it supplies (directly or indirectly) are not subject to behavior or threats that may amount to modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.

3. Hunter Dunning Ltd provides appropriate training and awareness information for all of its staff.

In particular:

• 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 their Line Manager.

5. Reports surrounding these issues are taken extremely seriously by our Board of Directors, 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 organizations to improve standards,
• 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 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.

This policy was adopted in March 2023 after being agreed by our Board of Directors. It is reviewed annually.
 

Modern Slavery Statement

This statement is made as part of Hunter Dunning’s commitment to eliminating the exploitation of people under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act). It summarises how Hunter Dunning Ltd 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.

1 Our Business
Hunter Dunning is a limited company operating in the recruitment sector. We provide introduction services within the property sector.
Hunter Dunning Ltd 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. Some of these work-seekers operate through their own limited companies. Some of our work-seekers are supplied via other businesses, who facilitate providing them to the eventual hiring company.

1.2 Other relationships
As part of our business, we also work with the following organizations:

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

2 Our Policies
Hunter Dunning Ltd has a modern slavery policy.
In addition, Hunter Dunning Ltd has the following policies which incorporate ethical standards for our staff and our suppliers.

2.1 Policy development and review
Hunter Dunning’s policies are established by our Directors, based on advice from HR professionals, industry best practices and legal advice. We review our policies on a regular basis or as needed to adapt to changes.

3 Our Processes for Managing Risk
In order to assess the risk of modern slavery, we use the following processes with our suppliers:

• 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.

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

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

• 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.