Introduction:
LCM LABOUR LIMITED (“LCM) upholds the highest standards of ethical conduct and compliance with legal principles, expecting the same from its employees, temporary workers, and Directors. All individuals associated with LCM are required to carry out their roles with integrity and professionalism in every aspect of the business. This standard is reflected in the company’s interactions with employees, workers, partner agencies, end clients, and all other stakeholders. LCM operates in strict adherence to applicable legislation, including but not limited to the Equality Act 2010, Modern Slavery Act 2015, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. As a GLAA Licence holder LCM operates in strict adherence to the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004, ensuring compliance with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) regulations to prevent labour exploitation and maintain ethical labour practices.
General Principles:
The company and its employees and workers will at all times demonstrate the highest levels of integrity, truthfulness and honesty in order to uphold both personal and corporate reputations and to inspire confidence and trust in their respective actions. The company will conduct its business in a competent, fair, impartial, efficient manner and in compliance with the Bribery Act 2010.
Health and Safety:
The company is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for all of its employees and temporary workers. Inductions will always be carried out for both employees and workers. Our partner agencies will always ensure that client sites are visited and checked with full details recorded prior to agreeing to supply any LCM workers to a new client and annual checks of client sites are also conducted. Workers will continue to receive ongoing and recorded relevant Health & Safety training to ensure that they remain safe to work. Annual checks and training align with the obligations for ongoing risk assessments under UK health and safety laws.
Environment:
The company respects the environment and the need to protect it and minimise the impact its operations have on it.
Employees and Temporary workers:
All employees and temporary workers are treated with dignity and respect with equal opportunities given to all, irrespective of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, maternity, marital status, family status, disability, age or national origin. All will be offered a safe and healthy workplace and the company will not tolerate any form of harassment.
We will ensure that:
- Employment is freely chosen: there will be no forced, bonded or involuntary prison labour. Workers are free to leave their employer after a reasonable period
- Child Labour will not be used
- We have adequate processes in place to identify any potential risks of modern slavery and human trafficking
- All workers will be treated fairly with no harsh or inhumane treatment, i.e. physical abuse or discipline, the threat of physical abuse, sexual or other harassment, verbal abuse or any other form of intimidation
- All workers are paid at least the National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage
- Wherever possible, we will try to offer regular employment to workers
- We will monitor adherence to the Working Time Directive (WTD) and the ETI Base Code to ensure that working hours are not excessive.
Partner Agencies:
The company will take all reasonable care to avoid misleading statements, concealment and overstatement in all of its advertising and public statements. It will seek to build long term partnerships with our partner agencies by being honest and straightforward in its dealings at all times. It will respect the confidentiality of any information it may obtain in relation to our partner agencies. LCM is committed to ensure that our partner agencies adhere to equivalent ethical and legal standards, especially concerning modern slavery and worker protection.
Competitors:
The company will build its reputation on the basis of its performance alone. It will compete vigorously and lawfully and will not compete unfairly with others. It will not seek to damage the reputation of its competitors either directly or by implication.
Government, Regulators and Legislators
The company will seek to comply with all legislation affecting its operations. It will strive to follow the best practice in corporate governance. It will meet its tax obligations.
Giving and Receiving Gifts and Entertainment
Employees, Directors and Temporary workers will neither seek nor accept for themselves or others, any gifts, favours or monetary inducements. Any such offers will be immediately reported to management for further investigation.
Bribes and Corrupt Practice
The company does not allow the direct or indirect offer, payment, solicitation or acceptance of bribes in any form. The company has a separate Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy in place which examines these procedures in detail.
