Our commitment
Modern slavery includes slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking. We will not tolerate it in our business or in our supply chain, and we will act on any concern raised with us.
The law and our position
Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires a commercial organisation that supplies goods or services, carries on business in the UK and has a total annual turnover of £36 million or more to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year.
Templace is below that threshold, so we are not required to publish a statement. This policy is a voluntary commitment. We publish it because our customers work in recruitment, where the risk of labour exploitation is real, and they are entitled to know where we stand.
Our business and its risks
Templace is a software company. We do not supply workers and we are not an employment business. Our work is carried out by the Director and a small number of contractors on written terms. Our main purchases are hosting, AI and email services, software tools, and occasional professional advice and computer equipment.
We consider the direct risk of modern slavery in our own operations to be low. The higher risk lies further back in the supply chains for physical goods, such as computer hardware, which are made through long international supply chains.
What we do
To keep the risk low, we:
- engage everyone who works for us on written terms, pay them in full and on time into their own bank account, and never hold their identity documents;
- choose established suppliers, and read the modern slavery statements of those large enough to publish one;
- include terms in our supplier contracts, where we can negotiate them, requiring suppliers to comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2015;
- buy computer equipment from established manufacturers and retailers;
- make sure everyone who works for us has read this policy and knows how to report a concern.
How the Service helps agencies
Agencies use the Service to carry out and record right-to-work and other compliance checks, hold workers' details, record timesheets and pay people. These records can help an agency notice warning signs, such as several workers giving the same address or bank account, or a third party controlling a worker's contact details.
The agency remains responsible for its own checks and for acting on what it finds. Every change to its records is kept in its audit trail.
Reporting a concern
If you suspect modern slavery in our business or supply chain, or among the workers of an agency whose system you are supporting, tell the Director at terry@hilliernet.co.uk or on 07789 938284 the same day. The Director will decide, with you, whether to raise it with the agency, the supplier or the police.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 999. For a concern that is not an emergency, you can contact the police on 101. Gov.uk explains other ways to report modern slavery. You can also use our whistleblowing policy.
Review
The Director approves this policy and reviews it at least once a year. If our turnover ever reaches the £36 million threshold, we will publish an annual statement as the Act requires.
Modern slavery and human trafficking · version 1.0 · approved 27/10/2026 · next review 27/10/2027. Templace is a trading name of TWH Holdings Limited, company number 10663539, Meadway, Mill Road, Writhlington, Radstock, BA3 5TY.