Practical Compliance - Modern Slavery Awareness For Accountants

OBJECTIVES

To place modern slavery legislation in context, and to familiarise delegates with the key aspects of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 while explaining the role of the accountant in relation both to their duty to report such activities and their responsibilities in helping to prevent modern slavery

KEY TOPICS

• Modern slavery – issues and extent of the problem
• Outline of Modern Slavery Act 2015
• Commercial activity and the Act,
• Critique of the Act and reform
• Criminal Offences
• The accountant’s role
• Risk Assessment, red flags and AML
• Case studies

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Partners and managers requiring a practical overview of this important topic