Introduction The UK Parliament’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee, recently published the Government’s response to the BEIS Committee’s report on allegations relating to Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang, China and supply chain accountability more generally. We looked at the background to this Parliamentary Enquiry here in our alert here https://bit.ly/parlchina. What did the Read more »
Whistleblowing/Speaking Up/Raising Concerns in the UK
What’s this all about? This article briefly looks at whistleblowing issues in the UK. The legal background In sum, in the UK workers are protected against retaliatory dismissal or detrimental treatment if they make a so-called “protected disclosure” to their employer or to some other prescribed person. This has to be a disclosure of information Read more »
ESG/Supply Chain Due Diligence Legal Trends Update
What’s this all about? Moves to increase Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)/supply chain due diligence requirements on businesses have been increasing in the past few years and in particular recently, including with modern slavery compliance. The pace of change has increased across Europe in recent months with proposed new legislation in the EU and Read more »
15,824 Organizations in the UK sent Modern Slavery Compliance Registry Letter
Introduction We have written before recently about the stepping up of activity in modern slavery compliance in the UK. More details have now emerged of an exercise that the Home Office completed last month to encourage organisations to file their modern slavery statements online. What’s this all about? Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 78 – the Opening Day Edition
Jonathan Armstrong joins leading compliance experts in the US again in the latest Everything Compliance podcast. This episode of Everything Compliance, hosted as always by Compliance Evangelist Tom Fox, features commentary from Jonathan Marks, Mike Volkov, Jonathan Armstrong, and Matt Kelly. Today’s topics Jonathan Armstrong reflects on the state of the UK fight against human Read more »
Client Alert: Supply Chain Compliance – Non-Monetary Considerations
Introduction One of the most frequent questions we are asked at the moment about supply chain compliance is about the conflict between a company’s obligation to make money for its shareholders and its wish to do the right thing. Are directors allowed under UK law to look beyond the numbers? General obligations Under UK law, Read more »
Event on Modern Slavery & Supply Chain compliance with NYSBA
Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong will speak at a New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) event on Modern Slavery & Supply Chain compliance on April 12. The event will be online and hosted by Moses & Singer LLP in New York. The panel will explore international laws and rules governing slavery and human trafficking. It will also Read more »
Client Alert: Parliamentary Committee Report on Supply Chains
Introduction Last month we reported on possible new supply chain legislation relating to China (see https://www.corderycompliance.com/new-supply-chain-laws-china/). We talked about a UK Parliamentary enquiry from the influential Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee. On 17 March, the BEIS Committee published its report. The report criticizes the UK Government’s response to growing supply chain issues, especially Read more »
Modern Slavery: UK Online Registry Launched
What is UK modern slavery compliance all about? Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), compliance disclosure/transparency requirements mean that an organisation with an annual turnover of UK £36 million or more that sells goods or services in the UK is required to annually publish a slavery statement demonstrating what they are Read more »
SCCE Compliance Perspectives Podcast – André Bywater on Post-Brexit Compliance Implications
Brexit is done, sort of. As Andre Bywater, partner at Cordery Compliance explains in this podcast, the deal the United Kingdom struck with the European Union applies primarily to goods, not services. While the trade is free from tariffs, it’s not free from paperwork. In addition, while there is a temporary agreement in place on data Read more »
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