Commonwealth government releases guidance on supply chains and preparing modern slavery statements during COVID-19 | Practical Law

Commonwealth government releases guidance on supply chains and preparing modern slavery statements during COVID-19 | Practical Law

This update considers the guidance published by the Australian Border Force (ABF) on how entities can reduce the risk of workers in their supply chains becoming exposed to modern slavery as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It also considers how reporting entities under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) can address the impact of COVID-19 in their modern slavery statements.

Commonwealth government releases guidance on supply chains and preparing modern slavery statements during COVID-19

by Practical Law Commercial
Published on 22 Apr 2020 • Australia, Federal
This update considers the guidance published by the Australian Border Force (ABF) on how entities can reduce the risk of workers in their supply chains becoming exposed to modern slavery as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It also considers how reporting entities under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) can address the impact of COVID-19 in their modern slavery statements.