UK Government Announces Commitment To Significantly Increase Modern Slavery Act Reporting Requirements

On September 22, the UK Government published its response to the 2019 public consultation on the Modern Slavery Act. In the response, the Government indicated it is "committing to an ambitious package of measures to strengthen and future-proof the Modern Slavery Act's transparency legislation." Among other things, the Government indicated it will require specific topics to be addressed in modern slavery statements, establish a single reporting deadline for all companies and require companies to submit their statements to a new Government registry. These and other contemplated changes to the Act and modern slavery reporting more generally are described in this Alert.

The 2019 Public Consultation