Nexer Modern Slavery Statement 2024

Nexer Digital is committed to the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the abolition of modern slavery and human trafficking. We acknowledge the role that we can play to help to bring this about.
We are an equal opportunities employer, fully committed to creating and ensuring a non-discriminatory, inclusive and respectful working environment for all our staff. We want all our staff to feel confident that they can expose wrongdoing without any risk to themselves.

Our recruitment and people management processes are designed to ensure that all prospective employees are legally entitled to work in the UK and to safeguard employees from any abuse or coercion.
We recognise that, as a purchaser of goods and services, we have the opportunity to influence good practices in the employment of people by other organisations.

We do not enter into business with any organisation, in the UK or abroad, which knowingly supports or is found to be involved in slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour.

Here are the steps Nexer Digital has taken and continues to take to understand and minimise the potential risk of modern slavery in its business and supply chains.

Due to the nature of our business, we assess ourselves to have a relatively low risk of modern slavery in our business and supply chains. We procure goods and services from the UK and limited numbers of overseas suppliers.

The following policies are available to all staff through the Nexer Digital internal networks:

• Disciplinary Policy
• Equal Opportunities & Diversity Policy
• Ethics & Corporate Responsibility Policy
• Grievance Policy
• Our Culture Statement
• Purchasing and Purchase Reconciliation Process
• Recruitment Policy
• Whistleblowing Policy

• Through undertaking due diligence in our activity, we seek to ensure that we do not inadvertently support modern slavery. We make our processes known to potential staff and suppliers as a means of encouraging good practice.
• We ensure that all staff are legally entitled to work in the UK and that our contract is directly with them.
• We ensure that any recruitment agency we utilise for the placement of temporary or contract staff follows the same requirements to confirm the identity and right to work of individuals placed with us.
• When we undertake a full public procurement process, potential suppliers must self-declare that they meet the relevant criteria in the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
• We reserve the right to challenge any abnormally low-cost tenders to ensure they do not rely upon the potential contractor practising modern slavery.
• We ensure that services where we have outsourced staffing requirements are through companies that also have a modern slavery policy in place, if that is a statutory requirement, and that all such suppliers provide information about their equality policies and practices.
• We will further review our procurement processes to further embed checks on suppliers to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

We will further embed these principles and monitor their effectiveness by:

• Providing awareness training to relevant staff on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and informing them of the appropriate action to take if they suspect a case of slavery or human trafficking.
• Ensuring when undertaking a review of relevant HR policies that they include the consideration and prevention of risks of engagement of people or groups through modern slavery.
• Ensuring that staff involved in buying or procurement and the recruitment and deployment of workers receive training on modern slavery and ethical employment practices.