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Bipartisan Modern Slavery Reporting Bill Introduced in New Zealand

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On February 10, a new Bill proposing a Modern Slavery Act was introduced in New Zealand's Parliament. Bill 242-1, jointly sponsored by National Party MP Greg Fleming and Labour Party MP Camilla Belich, represents a bipartisan...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Modern Slavery: Rising Expectations And Steady reform across Australia, APAC and beyond

Modern slavery remains a critical issue for boards and executives. The past year has seen increased scrutiny from investors, regulators and civil society, with several high-profile supply chain incidents reinforcing the...more

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Bipartisan Deal Accelerates New Modern Slavery Regime For New Zealand

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A bipartisan Modern Slavery Bill intends to introduce a modern slavery reporting regime for New Zealand. The regime will apply to entities with consolidated annual revenue over NZD100 million. If enacted before the general...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Modern Slavery Compliance in Cross-Border Transactions: Statutory Risks and Due Diligence for Global Supply Chains

Key Takeaways - Global modern slavery compliance expectations are rising, with updated UK guidance, evolving U.S. TVPA enforcement priorities, and California’s expanding disclosure and procurement requirements increasing risk...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada’s Modern Slavery Act: Highlights From the 2025 Annual Report to Parliament

As outlined in our prior bulletins on this topic, Canada’s modern slavery legislation, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (Act), requires reporting entities to complete and submit to the...more

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2025 Modern Slavery Reporting in Canada: What the Data Shows

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Public Safety Canada has published the 2025 Annual Report to Parliament on the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, colloquially referred to as Canada’s modern slavery act. The Annual Report...more

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Le Canada, le Royaume-Uni et l’Australie publient un modèle de déclaration conjoint sur l’esclavage moderne

Comme nous l’avons indiqué dans nos bulletins précédents portant sur ce sujet, la Loi sur la lutte contre le travail forcé et le travail des enfants dans les chaines d’approvisionnement (la « Loi »), soit la législation...more

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A Look at New Zealand’s Two Proposed Corporate Modern Slavery Reporting Bills

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Over the last few months, two modern slavery reporting bills have been introduced in New Zealand. In this post, we discuss those bills, as well as the possible path forward for corporate modern slavery reporting legislation...more

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UK efforts to address forced labour in supply chains

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The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights has launched a new inquiry into forced labour in UK supply chains. This review will assess the effectiveness of the UK's legal and voluntary frameworks, including the Modern...more

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Supply Chain Labor Risk

Reports are that there over 50 million people in the world living in modern slavery conditions, and, of those, 60% work in forced labor in the private economy. Ensuring that your organization isn’t sourcing from suppliers who...more

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ESG update: Australia

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In Australia, heightened enforcement activity, proposed regulatory regimes focused on ESG matters and other market developments are influencing the ESG risks and priorities for organisations operating here....more

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Canada Imposes Forced and Child Labour Reporting Obligations

The House of Commons has adopted Bill S-211, whose short title is Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the Bill). The Bill, which was adopted on May 3, 2023, will become law as soon as it...more

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Canada’s Proposed Modern Slavery Act Would Impose Significant Annual Reporting Obligations on Certain Private-Sector Entities

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The purpose of Canada’s proposed Bill S-211, Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff (Bill S-211) is, in part, to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child...more

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Countdown to 500 – Jonathan Armstrong on the UKBA, GDPR and Modern Slavery

We are on the final countdown to Number 500. Next week, on Monday, August 31, I will be celebrating my 500th Anniversary episode, where I will talk about some of the key changes I have seen in compliance over the past 10...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Modern Slavery & The Hotel Industry: Best Practice Guidance for Franchising

Despite growing international awareness and legislation, the hotel industry remains a hot spot for human rights abuses due to the nature of the industry and the franchise system. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Employment Flash - January 2019

We are pleased to announce the launch of our UK Employment Flash, covering the latest employment law developments, news and insights from the U.K. Our inaugural issue includes commentary on the U.K. government's proposed...more

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Australia Passes Law Requiring Large Companies to Report on Modern Slavery

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On November 29, 2018, the Australian Government passed the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (the “Act”), which requires all companies operating in Australia and meeting a threshold of AU$100 million in total annual global revenue to...more

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Big Issues Impacting Workplaces In 2018

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Social, technological and economic forces impacting the workplace will continue to pose challenges for employers, employees, unions, policy makers and regulators in 2018....more

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Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - Sept 2017 #2

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes a number of new guidance documents and tools, including materials...more

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9 Ways Brexit May Affect UK Compliance Regulations

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After the UK’s momentous vote to leave the European Union, the country faces two years of exit negotiations and the re-drawing of regulations. So what might Brexit mean for ethics and compliance in the UK?...more

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