Parity Consulting has partnered with Australia’s leading expert in Modern Slavery Sally Irwin from The Freedom Hub to host an intimate breakfast with a small number of influential leaders from HR and Talent Acquisition. The Modern Slavery Act (2018) means that all companies who have more than $100 Million in revenue have to provide comprehensive reporting on their supply chain.  This revenue threshold is set to decrease to $50 Million next year and the reporting requirements will only increase.   Reporting is the first step, we anticipate corporate Australia will be held accountable to do much more given the 30% increase in Slavery numbers over the past 3 years accordingly to the Modern Slavery index.

This event shares how this will affect you/your business, practical ways in which you can contribute to the solution and a chance to compare stories with your peers. 

Below is more information on this important topic as well as hearing Sally Irwin share some insights on the topic:

​Modern Slavery - the Categories

​Modern slavery comes in many forms as we all heard from Sally, with some of the most familiar to us being:

• Debt bondage

• Forced labour

• Forced marriage

• Human trafficking

• Slavery

• Servitude

• The worst forms of child labour

What can you do from a personal level?

As Sally shared with the attendees, there are a number of things we can all do in our part to end modern slavery. Here are just a few:

What can Businesses do in response to Modern Slavery?

Whilst all the attendees from our HR/TA Roundtable agreed that as businesses and corporates, we have an obligation to do our part in ending the vicious cycle that results in modern slavery being bigger today than any other time in history, many didn't know where to start!

Here are a few ways in which you can influence and make a difference within your organisation both through partnering with The Freedom Hub and otherwise:

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The fight for freedom for everyone, everywhere.

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Slavery exists within Australian borders every day. This is Australia, the lucky country, how can we allow modern slavery to continue?

When a survivor escapes their situation, they have nothing but the clothes they are wearing. No identity, no home, no food, no money, no phone. The Freedom Hub exists to help people who have experienced these crimes by helping them feel safe, building their trust and then working with the survivors to establish community reintegration.

Parity Consulting is on a mission to assist The Freedom Hub to engage and educate their community in this discussion. By hearing real life stories, we can achieve real change to assist the most vulnerable.

Ending Modern Slavery - about your Hosts

​The Freedom Hub Cafe and Event venue is an ethical business for purpose. All profits support the Freedom Hub Survivor School. The Survivor School trains and equips victims of modern slavery to rebuild their lives, regain confidence and be reemployed in freedom. Modern slavery happens in Australia, help up end it: www.thefreedomhub.orgor sallyirwin@thefreedomhub.org

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Parity Consulting - At Parity we're so much more than recruiters. As specialists in Product, Pricing, Digital, Marketing, Communications and Data Analytics recruitment, we're obsessed with adding value to our community. We don't just have an outstanding reputation for matching great talent with the best companies, we're also proud to reinvest 10% of our profits into industry training and events through Parity Plus - our value-add and a recruitment industry first in Australia.

Our low volume, high-service approach gets results - contact us at www.parityconsulting.com.au or info@parityconsulting.com.au

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