Modern Slavery Act

1. BumbleBee Education Ltd is committed to eliminating modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.

2. BumbleBee Education Ltd is committed to ensuring that its staff and any workers it supplies (directly or indirectly) are not subject to behaviour or threats that may amount to modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, and similar human rights abuses.

3. BumbleBee Education provides appropriate awareness information for it staff.
In particular:

  • All of our staff receive awareness-raising information around issues involving modern slavery and human trafficking, so that they can bring any concerns they have to the attention of management.

4. Any staff, workers or other parties are strongly encouraged to report any concerns or suspicions that they might have to Saleem Hassan, the Company Director.

5. Reports surrounding these issues are taken extremely seriously by our board of directors, who are committed to ensuring that all investigations shall be prompt and effective. If our investigations reveal any issues, we are committed to taking appropriate action, including but not limited to:

  • Working with the appropriate organisations to improve standards.

6. We regularly monitor our risks in this area through the use of relevant key performance indicators, including:

  • The amount of time spent on audits, re-audits, spot checks, and related due diligence, and the level of modern slavery awareness amongst our staff.

7. As part of our efforts in this area, we publish a modern slavery statement on an annual basis.

8. We would also recommend reading this in conjunction with our other policies, including our:

  • Anti-bribery / corruption policy

This policy was adopted on 01/01/2018 after being agreed by our board of directors. It is reviewed annually.

This statement is made as part of BumbleBee Education’s commitment to eliminating the exploitation of people under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act). It summarises how BumbleBee Education Ltd operates, the policies and processes in place to minimise the possibility of any problems, any risks we have identified and how we monitor them, and how we train our staff.
This statement is published in accordance with section 54 of the Act, and relates to the financial year June 2018 to June 2019. It was approved by the board of directors on January 2018.
Saleem Hassan
Mr S Hassan
Company Director
1 Our Business
BumbleBee Education Ltd is a limited company operating in the recruitment sector. We provide introduction services and supply temporary workers in the Nursery, School and College sectors.
BumbleBee Education Ltd is an independent business.

1.1 Who we work with

All of the hirers that we work with, and all of the work-seekers we provide, are known to and identified by our staff. All of the temporary workers we supply are identified by our staff. We do not supply work-seekers to hiring companies through any intermediaries. / Some of our work-seekers are supplied via other businesses, who facilitate providing them to the eventual hiring company.

The work-seekers / workers we supply live in London and surrounding areas.

1.2 Other relationships

As part of our business, we also work with the following organisations: [see Note 6]

  • The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (www.rec.uk.com)

2 Our Policies

BumbleBee Education Ltd has a modern slavery policy available on www.bumblebee-education.co.uk .
In addition, BumbleBee Education Ltd has the following policies which incorporate ethical standards for our staff.

  • Anti-bribery & Corruption Policy
  • Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy
  • Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy
  • Customer Services Policy
  • Complaints Policy & Procedure
  • Information Security & Data Protection Policy

2.1 Policy development and review

BumbleBee Education’s policies are established by our directors, based on advice from HR professionals, industry best practice and legal advice, and in consultation with REC Standards. We review our policies annually, or as needed to adapt to changes.

3 Our Processes for Managing Risk

In order to assess the risk of modern slavery, we use the following processes with our suppliers:

  • When engaging with suppliers, we ask for evidence of their processes and policies, including commitments around modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, human rights, and whistle-blowing.

After due consideration, we have not identified any significant risks of modern slavery, forced labour, or human trafficking in our supply chain. However, we continue to be alert to the potential for problems.

Additionally, we have taken the following steps to minimise the possibility of any problems:

  • We require the businesses we work with to publish a modern slavery statement.
  • We collaborate with our suppliers in order to improve standards and transparency across our supply chain.
  • Only senior members of staff who have undergone appropriate training for assessing modern slavery risks in the supply chain are authorised to sign contracts and establish commercial relationships in any area where we have identified the potential for risk.
  • We ensure that all of our suppliers are members of appropriate industry bodies and working groups.
  • We work with REC in order to combat the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Our staff are encouraged to bring any concerns they have to the attention of management.

4 Our Performance

As part of monitoring the performance of BumbleBee Education Ltd, we track the following general key performance indicators:

  • The level of knowledge amongst our staff.
  • The speed with which we investigate related complaints.
  • The level of compliance and transparency we have established in our supply chain.
    Based on the potential risks we have identified, we have also established the following key performance indicators, which are regularly assessed by our board of directors:
  • the amount of time spent on audits, re-audits, spot checks, and related due diligence
  • the level of modern awareness amongst our staff

We benchmark our indicators against industry best-practice, in order to ensure that we do not put undue pressure on our suppliers that might increase the potential for risk.

5 Our Training

All of our staff receive training and support that is appropriate to their role. In particular:

  • All of our staff receive awareness-raising information around issues involving modern slavery and human trafficking, so that they can bring any concerns they have to the attention of management.

As part of this, our staff are encouraged to discuss any concerns that they have.
Awareness-raising information is refreshed annually.