Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

Why a voluntary statement

Andrews Recruitment Group Limited, registered in England and Wales, company number 15629454 is below the £36m turnover threshold at which section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires a statement. This one is published anyway.

Labour supply is one of the sectors where forced labour and debt bondage are most often found, and the risk attaches to the activity rather than to the size of the business doing it. A recruiter placing operatives, plant fitters and site labour sits in that supply chain whatever its turnover. Clients in civils and infrastructure also ask for a statement at pre-qualification, and "we are too small to need one" is a worse answer than this page.

What ARG does

ARG is a small, UK-only business. Its exposure is concentrated in two places: the workers it supplies, and the umbrella companies that pay some of them. The controls are proportionate to that.

• Right-to-work documents are checked for every worker before supply, in person or over a verified digital check, against original or Home Office-verified documents.
• Workers are engaged directly by ARG rather than through labour-supply intermediaries, so the chain between the worker and the client is short enough to see.
• Where a contractor is paid through an umbrella company, ARG supplies through providers it has checked rather than whichever provider a worker is directed to by a third party.
• No fee is ever charged to a work-seeker for finding them work. That is a legal prohibition under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, and it is also the mechanism most often used to create debt bondage.
• Pay rates are confirmed with the worker before an assignment starts, in writing, including how and when they are paid.

Reporting a concern

Anyone — a worker, a client, or a member of the public — can report a concern about forced labour, trafficking or exploitation in connection with ARG to info@andrews-recruitment.com. Concerns can be raised anonymously and ARG will not take action against anyone for raising one in good faith.

If somebody is in immediate danger, call 999. The Modern Slavery Helpline is 08000 121 700 and operates 24 hours a day.

Other policies

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Complaints Procedure
• Candidates with Criminal Convictions
• Accessibility Statement