Questions to ask yourself

Information to help businesses think about labour supply chains.

These questions are designed to help businesses think about current practices. For example:

  • what labour supply chain risks are the biggest concern for your business and how far do your assurance practices mitigate this
  • do you know what risk indicators to look for when risk assessing your chains
  • how often do you check if there have been changes to your chain and re-assess risk during contracts
  • do you have visibility through your whole supply chain to your workforce
  • how do you verify that your suppliers are assuring the chain below and workforce on your behalf
  • do your staff have training available to help them identify and report supply chain issues
  • do you have appropriate procedures in place to act upon indicators or evidence of fraud and other risks within your labour supply chains
  • who is making employment status decisions
  • who pays your workforce and how are they being paid
  • how is your workforce is protected from exploitation while working for you
  • what do you have in place for workers to report any concerns