WALDECK ASSOCIATES LIMITED

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 child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery

Training described

Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Professional auditors Workers within your organisation

Social audits

Third party audit arranged by your organisation

Grievance mechanisms

Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app

Other monitoring

Health and Wellbeing policies and being overseen by Wellbeing assistant

Demonstrated progress

Over the past financial year, we strengthened our approach to preventing modern slavery and human trafficking by maintaining certificated management systems, enhancing supplier onboarding with due diligence and risk-based assessments, conducting internal audits to review controls, increasing employee awareness through targeted communications, and improving oversight of third-party labour providers, including umbrella companies.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Enslaved or human trafficked individuals are placed in work as agency labour with a client
• Area: Within your own operations
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees
• Location: United Kingdom
• Mitigation: Morson undertakes rigorous checks on each individual including eligibility to work in accordance with Home Office requirements, references, qualifications, proof of NI (UK), and bank details to ensure each person is acting in their own right.
• Risk: The use of suppliers that contravene the Modern Slavery Act 2015
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees Children
• Location: Bangladesh China United Kingdom
• Mitigation: Suppliers are assessed using a risk-based approach considering factors such as service type, labour provision, geographic location, and the nature of the goods or services supplied. Within the Supplier Questionnaire, suppliers are required to complete a dedicated section on Modern Slavery and declare their adherence to the Modern Slavery Act 2015
• Mitigation: We undertakes rigorous checks on each individual including eligibility to work in accordance with Home Office requirements, references, qualifications, proof of NI (UK), and bank details to ensure each person is acting in their own right.