Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

Introduction

This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement is made in response to Section 54(1), Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and relates to actions and activities for the financial year ending 31 December 2025. Phare HR Consulting, Ltd is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its own operations, its supply chain and its services. We have zero tolerance towards slavery and require our supply chain to comply with our values.

Organisational Structure

Phare HR Consulting, Ltd has business operations in the United Kingdom. We operate in the HR and employment sector, offering fractional HR support, compliance consulting, payroll management, talent acquisition and AI workforce management under our trading arm, Back of House by Phare HR. Our supply chain includes partnerships with HR professionals, consultants and service providers supporting businesses in the UK, US, EU and Canada.

Policies

We have internal policies to keep our practices ethical, transparent and free from modern slavery risk:

Recruitment and Selection Policy: Sets out rigorous pre-employment checks so that everyone we engage is legally eligible to work and no forced or exploitative labour occurs, with additional background checks for roles involving vulnerable people.

Supplier Code of Conduct: Requires suppliers to comply with local and international employment law and to ensure modern slavery and human trafficking do not occur in their operations.

Whistleblowing Policy: Encourages employees, consultants and suppliers to report suspected unethical practice, and reports are investigated confidentially.

Due Diligence

We carry out internal supplier audits, external reviews of key suppliers where necessary, and risk assessments across our operations and supply chain. These procedures are designed to identify and reduce risk, to address concerns proactively through ongoing engagement with suppliers, and to ensure compliance with legal and ethical employment standards.

Risk and Compliance

Our main exposure is through the suppliers and partners we engage, rather than through our own workforce, which is small, directly employed and based in the UK. We assess modern slavery risk when we onboard new suppliers and review our key supplier relationships regularly. Any supplier that fails to meet our standards is asked to remediate or is removed from our supply chain.

Effectiveness

We measure how well our approach is working by reviewing our supplier list and risk assessments at least once a year, tracking any concerns raised through our whistleblowing policy, and confirming during supplier reviews that our Supplier Code of Conduct is being met.