MILESTONES TRUST

Policies described

Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Central or local government Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates Businesses in your industry or sector

Social audits

Third party audit arranged by your organisation Third party audit arranged by your supplier Announced audit

Grievance mechanisms

Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups

Other monitoring

We work closely with local authorities and our services - locations are inspected by Care Quality Commission where inspectors will speak to staff directly.

Demonstrated progress

This is first time we produce modern silvery statement - as a charity that supports vulnerable people a value to protect people from harm is at the heart of what we do - we set ourselves goals to improve for the next statement in the area of procurement, raising awareness among our staff and supply chains, and maintain good standards of our recruitment, encourage staff to complete training.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Temporary staffing - agency workers - employed by external agencies - we work closely with our neutral vendor to ensure that all staff is recruited in a fair and meeting the standard process.
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees
• Location: United Kingdom
• Mitigation: We work closely with our neutral vendor to ensure that all staff is recruited in a fair and meeting the standard process.
• Risk: Due diligence process - compliant with legal requirements and government immigration rules - monitoring and reporting procedures and educate our managers on safe, transparent recruitment practices
• Area: Within your own operations
• Mitigation: Monitoring and reporting procedures and educate our managers on safe, transparent recruitment practices
• Risk: Awareness of modern slavery across our frontline staff, people we support and their families, managers and Trust office staff, to our partners and suppliers - implemented training and communications
• Mitigation: Raising awareness, providing materials and resources. Providing training.