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Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

Create a compliant modern slavery and human trafficking statement with this expert template and guidance for annual employer reporting.

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1–2 minutes

By Steve Gibbons, Ergon Associates | Stephen Simpson, Brightmine Principal Editor

Use this model statement to help your organisation to prepare a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year. The statement should be adapted to represent accurately steps your organisation has taken during the financial year.

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Updated to highlight the significance of 30 June and 30 September 2025 for large employers that are required to publish modern slavery statements.

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About the author

Stephen Simpson
Stephen Simpson
Principle Editor – Employment Law and Compliance

Stephen is a principal editor who has worked on the Brightmine employment law and leading practice resources for over 20 years. After growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, he trained as a solicitor in England in the 1990s but soon moved into legal publishing. He was among the first recruits to Brightmine in the year before it was launched as XpertHR in 2002.

Stephen has worked on a wide range of employment law and leading practice resources, including overseeing the creation and expansion of the HR templates resource types (Policies and procedures, Letters and forms, and Contract clauses). He has written up over 1,000 reports on employment law cases and created practical guidance on a range of HR issues for the Commentary & insights tool. He also had a stint working on Personnel Today.

Areas of expertise:

Employment law, Family leave, Discrimination, Redundancy, Unfair dismissal, HR policies, Employment case law

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