1. Our commitment
HoneyNotify rejects slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, human trafficking, debt bondage, the worst forms of child labour, and recruitment practices that trap or exploit workers. Work must be freely chosen, lawful, fairly compensated, and performed in conditions that respect dignity, safety, and freedom of movement.
We will not knowingly benefit from modern slavery and will take credible concerns seriously. Commercial pressure, low prices, deadlines, local custom, or conduct by a subcontractor do not justify exploitation.
2. Scope and business context
This policy applies to people working for or on behalf of HoneyNotify and sets expectations for suppliers, contractors, professional advisers, and other business partners. HoneyNotify is a technology service whose supply chain may include cloud hosting, data-centre and network services, software and developer tools, hardware, payment and communications services, professional services, facilities, and contingent labour.
This is a standing policy statement. It does not represent that HoneyNotify is subject to the annual statement duty in section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, nor should it be treated as a board-approved annual slavery and human-trafficking statement unless it is expressly identified and approved as one.
3. Risk assessment
Modern-slavery risk is not limited to a supplier's country of registration. Relevant indicators include labour-intensive subcontracting, recruitment through intermediaries, migrant or temporary workforces, retention of identity documents, worker-paid recruitment fees, withheld wages, excessive or involuntary overtime, unsafe accommodation, restrictions on movement, threats, and unusually opaque supply chains.
For a technology business, risk may be indirect and deeper in the chain-for example in electronics manufacturing, mineral sourcing, logistics, data-centre construction, cleaning, security, catering, and other facilities services. Due diligence should be proportionate to the severity and likelihood of harm, leverage, and the reliability of available information.
4. Standards for HoneyNotify and suppliers
People must be free to enter and leave employment in accordance with lawful notice requirements. No worker should be required to surrender a passport or identity document, pay a recruitment fee to obtain work, lodge an unreasonable deposit, accept undisclosed deductions, or work under threat, violence, deception, coercion, or debt.
Suppliers must comply with applicable employment, wage, working-time, health-and-safety, equality, child-labour, immigration, and anti-trafficking laws. They should communicate equivalent expectations to relevant subcontractors and maintain records capable of demonstrating compliance.
5. Supplier due diligence and contracting
HoneyNotify will use a risk-based approach when selecting and reviewing suppliers. Depending on risk, this may include ownership and location checks, questions about recruitment and subcontracting, review of published modern-slavery information, contractual commitments, evidence requests, certifications or independent assessments, and escalation of adverse information.
Contracts for higher-risk services should permit appropriate investigation and remediation. A refusal to provide reasonable information, evidence of concealed subcontracting, or unresolved credible allegation may affect onboarding, renewal, access, payment, or continuation of the relationship.
6. Recruitment and working practices
HoneyNotify will use lawful recruitment practices, verify that work is voluntary, provide understandable terms, and avoid charging workers recruitment fees. Compensation and deductions must be transparent and lawful. Concerns about excessive hours, intimidation, discriminatory treatment, unsafe work, or restriction of movement must be escalated.
Managers and people involved in procurement or recruitment should be alert to signs of exploitation and seek advice rather than attempting a confrontation that could place a worker at greater risk.
7. Reporting a concern
A person who sees or suspects modern slavery connected with HoneyNotify should report it through the support or business contact shown in the dashboard. Reports should include available facts without obtaining evidence unlawfully or placing anyone in danger. Immediate danger should be reported to the appropriate emergency service or competent authority.
Reports may be made in good faith without fear of retaliation. HoneyNotify will limit disclosure to those who need the information to assess risk, protect people, preserve evidence, obtain specialist advice, or meet reporting duties.
8. Investigation and remediation
HoneyNotify will assess credible concerns promptly and proportionately. Responses may include protecting affected people, preserving records, pausing work, restricting access, requiring corrective action, engaging specialist organisations, notifying an authority where appropriate, or ending a supplier relationship.
Immediate termination is not always the safest remedy for affected workers. Where lawful and safe, HoneyNotify will consider whether its leverage can support worker-centred remediation without increasing retaliation, loss of income, immigration risk, or concealment. Serious, deliberate, repeated, or unremedied violations may require termination and referral.
9. Responsibility, measurement, and review
The person responsible for the relevant supplier, recruitment decision, or business activity must apply this policy and escalate material risks. HoneyNotify may track risk reviews, contractual commitments, concerns, investigations, corrective actions, supplier responses, and relevant training to assess whether controls are working.
This policy will be reviewed periodically and when the business, supply chain, risk profile, or legal requirements materially change. Where an annual statutory statement becomes required, it will be prepared, approved, signed, and published separately in the form required by applicable law.