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Modern Slavery Statement

Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

  1. The organisational structure of the Proper Life Ltd.
  1. Proper Life is controlled by a Director. Proper Life’s Head Office is located in Leeds, with a further UK office located in Harrogate.
  1. Proper Life is predominately involved in the provision of life insurance policies as an agent.

Organisational Structure

Proper Life considers that modern slavery encompasses:

 

  1. Human trafficking;
  2. Forced work, through mental or physical threat;
  3. Being owned or controlled by an employer through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse;
  4. Being dehumanised, treated as a commodity or being bought or sold as property;
  5. Being physically constrained or to have restriction placed on freedom of movement.

Definitions

  1. Proper Life acknowledges its responsibilities under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking within its own businesses and in its supply chains. Proper Life understands that this requires an ongoing review of both its internal practices in relation to its labour force and its supply chains.
  2. Proper Life has a zero-tolerance policy towards modern slavery. It will refrain from entering into business, and/or will discontinue any current business with any other organisation which knowingly supports or is found to involve itself in slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour.
  3. The labour supplied to Proper Life in pursuance of the services it provides is carried out wholly in the countries where those services are provided i.e. United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland as appropriate.
  4. No labour provided to Proper Life in the pursuance of the provision of its own services is obtained by means of slavery or human trafficking. Proper Life strictly adheres to the minimum standards required in relation to its responsibilities under relevant employment legislation in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland as appropriate, and in many cases exceeds those minimums in relation to its employees.
  5. Proper Life offers employment contracts on a guaranteed hours basis only; no offers of employment are made on a zero hours basis.
  6. Part-time and fixed-term employees within Proper Life are provided with the same pro-rata contractual entitlements as full-time and permanent employees. If these are not offered, Proper Life is able to rely on objectively justifiable grounds.
  7. Group employees are offered a competitive remuneration package and Proper Life prides itself on the additional benefits it is able to offer its employees on a wide variety of platforms. It conducts staff surveys on an anonymous basis to give employees a voice on their individual employment, their department, and Proper Life company as appropriate.

Commitment

  1. Proper Life considers its exposure to modern slavery to be limited. Nonetheless, it has taken steps to ensure that such practices do not take place in its business nor the business of any organisation that supplies goods and/or services to it.
  2. In the operation of its business, Proper Life’s main supply chains are those related to the provision of services. Proper Life considers its main exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking to exist in its supply chains.

Potential Exposure

  1. Proper Life has not, to its knowledge, conducted any business with another organisation which has been found to have involved itself with slavery and/or human trafficking.
  1. In accordance with section 54(4) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act), Proper Life has contacted (or attempted to contact) all first tier suppliers to set out our zero-tolerance stance on modern slavery and to ensure that slavery and/or human trafficking is not taking place.
  1. Proper Life has taken action to monitor reports of modern slavery and cross references such reports with our first tier supply chain. Proper Life will seek to discontinue business with any first tier supplier found by the enforcement authorities to be involved in modern slavery.
  1. Proper Life encourages use of its whistleblowing policy to report any concerns regarding modern slavery and will investigate any complaints thoroughly.

Steps

  1. Upon commencement of employment, all employees undergo a structured induction process. All employees are made aware of Proper Life policies relating to standards of behaviour that it requires from them.
  2. Proper Life also provides training on awareness of modern slavery to those within Proper Life who have been identified as having responsibilities in this regard, namely those involved in finance and procurement. Proper Life ensures that annual update training is provided.

Training

  1. To ensure effectiveness in combatting modern slavery, Proper Life maintains an accurate supplier list including contact details. It will ensure action is taken in response to reports of modern slavery in its supply chains and any complaints made via the whistleblowing policy will be responded to in accordance with the policy.
  2. Following a review undertaken for Proper Life’s statement of the previous financial year, Proper Life confirms its supplier list is up to date for the current financial year.
  3. As in the previous financial year, there have been no reports that any of Proper Life’s suppliers have been involved in activities covered by the Modern Slavery Act.

Assessment of Effectiveness in Combatting Modern Slavery

Proper Life also has a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy which further defines its stance on modern slavery. In addition, a Whistleblowing policy is in place which encourages the reporting of any wrongdoing which is in the public interest.

Policies

Proper Life has a Director, to whom all concerns regarding modern slavery should be addressed. The Director undertakes an annual review of Proper Life’s obligations towards eradicating modern slavery within its organisation and supply chains.

Director – Legal

This statement is made in pursuance of Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and applies to all companies within and associated to Proper Life. It is reviewed for each financial year.

Review

This statement relates to the 2022/2023 financial year and was approved by: Sham Mukhtar

Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

Organisational Structure

  1. The organisational structure of the Proper Life Ltd.
  1. Proper Life is controlled by a Director. Proper Life’s Head Office is located in Leeds, with a further UK office located in Harrogate.
  1. Proper Life is predominately involved in the provision of life insurance policies as an agent. 

Definitions

Proper Life considers that modern slavery encompasses:

  1. Human trafficking;
  2. Forced work, through mental or physical threat;
  3. Being owned or controlled by an employer through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse;
  4. Being dehumanised, treated as a commodity or being bought or sold as property;
  5. Being physically constrained or to have restriction placed on freedom of movement.

Commitment

  1. Proper Life acknowledges its responsibilities under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking within its own businesses and in its supply chains. Proper Life understands that this requires an ongoing review of both its internal practices in relation to its labour force and its supply chains.
  2. Proper Life has a zero-tolerance policy towards modern slavery. It will refrain from entering into business, and/or will discontinue any current business with any other organisation which knowingly supports or is found to involve itself in slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour.
  3. The labour supplied to Proper Life in pursuance of the services it provides is carried out wholly in the countries where those services are provided i.e. United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland as appropriate.
  4. No labour provided to Proper Life in the pursuance of the provision of its own services is obtained by means of slavery or human trafficking. Proper Life strictly adheres to the minimum standards required in relation to its responsibilities under relevant employment legislation in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland as appropriate, and in many cases exceeds those minimums in relation to its employees.
  5. Proper Life offers employment contracts on a guaranteed hours basis only; no offers of employment are made on a zero hours basis.
  6. Part-time and fixed-term employees within Proper Life are provided with the same pro-rata contractual entitlements as full-time and permanent employees. If these are not offered, Proper Life is able to rely on objectively justifiable grounds.
  7. Group employees are offered a competitive remuneration package and Proper Life prides itself on the additional benefits it is able to offer its employees on a wide variety of platforms. It conducts staff surveys on an anonymous basis to give employees a voice on their individual employment, their department, and Proper Life company as appropriate.

Potential Exposure

  1. Proper Life considers its exposure to modern slavery to be limited. Nonetheless, it has taken steps to ensure that such practices do not take place in its business nor the business of any organisation that supplies goods and/or services to it.
  2. In the operation of its business, Proper Life’s main supply chains are those related to the provision of services. Proper Life considers its main exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking to exist in its supply chains.

Steps

  1. Proper Life has not, to its knowledge, conducted any business with another organisation which has been found to have involved itself with slavery and/or human trafficking.
  1. In accordance with section 54(4) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act), Proper Life has contacted (or attempted to contact) all first tier suppliers to set out our zero-tolerance stance on modern slavery and to ensure that slavery and/or human trafficking is not taking place.
  1. Proper Life has taken action to monitor reports of modern slavery and cross references such reports with our first tier supply chain. Proper Life will seek to discontinue business with any first tier supplier found by the enforcement authorities to be involved in modern slavery.
  1. Proper Life encourages use of its whistleblowing policy to report any concerns regarding modern slavery and will investigate any complaints thoroughly.

Training

  1. Upon commencement of employment, all employees undergo a structured induction process. All employees are made aware of Proper Life policies relating to standards of behaviour that it requires from them.
  2. Proper Life also provides training on awareness of modern slavery to those within Proper Life who have been identified as having responsibilities in this regard, namely those involved in finance and procurement. Proper Life ensures that annual update training is provided.

Assessment of Effectiveness in Combatting Modern Slavery

  1. To ensure effectiveness in combatting modern slavery, Proper Life maintains an accurate supplier list including contact details. It will ensure action is taken in response to reports of modern slavery in its supply chains and any complaints made via the whistleblowing policy will be responded to in accordance with the policy.
  2. Following a review undertaken for Proper Life’s statement of the previous financial year, Proper Life confirms its supplier list is up to date for the current financial year.
  3. As in the previous financial year, there have been no reports that any of Proper Life’s suppliers have been involved in activities covered by the Modern Slavery Act.

Policies

Proper Life also has a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy which further defines its stance on modern slavery. In addition, a Whistleblowing policy is in place which encourages the reporting of any wrongdoing which is in the public interest.

Director – Legal

Proper Life has a Director, to whom all concerns regarding modern slavery should be addressed. The Director undertakes an annual review of Proper Life’s obligations towards eradicating modern slavery within its organisation and supply chains.

Review

This statement is made in pursuance of Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and applies to all companies within and associated to Proper Life. It is reviewed for each financial year.

This statement relates to the 2022/2023 financial year and was approved by: Sham Mukhtar