This policy reflects DatacomIT’s commitment to ensure to the best of our ability that there is no modern slavery in any part of our business operations. We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all business dealings and relationships, and where possible, to ensure modern slavery is not taking place in our own business or supply chain.

As part of our contracting processes, we will include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory or trafficked labour, or anyone held in slavery or servitude.

Our business also expects its service providers, suppliers and contractors to share our commitment to act lawfully and ethically and to work to ensure that modern slavery is not taking place within its organisation or within its supply chain.

Modern Slavery & Ethical Sourcing

DatacomIT ensures that we conduct our operations in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act and is committed to ensuring we do not engage suppliers that breach Modern Slavery legislation by regularly reviewing supply agreements.

DatacomIT is committed to holding its suppliers accountable to their commitment of eradicating Modern Slavery and will not knowingly engage suppliers that do not align with its position on enforcing basic human rights as outlined in the act.

All DatacomIT supply contracts will include a clause pertaining to Modern Slavery requiring the Supplier to:

• Provide commitments to eradicating Modern Slavery within its own supply chains;
• Warranting that it has not been convicted of a Modern Slavery offence; and
• Have completed its own due diligence on its supply chain.

Definition

The term ‘modern slavery’ describes situations where coercion, threats or deception are used to exploit victims and undermine their freedom. Coercion, threats and deception can be explicit or implicit.

The Modern Slavery Act 2018 ‘Act’ defines modern slavery as including eight types of serious exploitation; trafficking in persons, slavery, servitude, forced labour, forced marriage, debt bondage, the worst forms of child labour and deceptive recruiting for labour or services.

The worst forms of child labour mean extreme forms of child labour that involve the serious exploitation of children, including through enslavement or exposure to dangerous work.

Under Australian law, modern slavery is defined in the Act. In the event of any inconsistency, the definitions in the Act take precedence over this policy.