Tackling labour exploitation in UK Warehousing 25SEP2025

Overview

This interactive 1 day workshop is for warehouse owners, operators, or labour providers into warehousing, to understand and manage the risk labour exploitation occurring in UK warehousing context.

It will help delegates understand how irresponsible recruitment practices and a lack of due diligence within the labour supply chain, can lead to exploitative labour practices prevailing within a warehousing workforce. It also looks at how the worst forms of labour exploitation (modern slavery) can occur in the sector, what a businesses’ responsibility is to prevent it and protect workers, and how they should respond if identified.

Forced labour and labour trafficking are hidden crimes undertaken by exploitative individuals and criminal gangs. Detected cases within the UK warehousing sector are escalating. Many businesses are not aware that this exploitation may be taking place within their operations and supply chains today, are unaware of their responsibilities and the risks the issues can pose to the business and workforce.

Developed with support from industry experts in warehousing and labour provision, this workshop will ensure you are informed and equipped to implement responsible recruitment practices, address labour exploitation and ensure fair work for all workers in warehousing operations.

By the end of the workshop you will:

• Understand how labour exploitation can occur in the labour supply chains of the warehousing sector, in addition to how unfair work and exploitation may materialise in a warehouse setting.
• Understand the overall potential risks, impacts and the business case for tackling it
• Know how to spot that someone may be being exploited and how to respond
• Be confident in your next steps to deter, detect and deal with the risk of labour exploitation in your business
• Become familiar with a 6 step strategic framework and associated practical actions which can be embedded in your business to address the risk of labour exploitation
• Have the tools you need to implement what you’ve learnt.

This workshop is ideal for:

• Warehouse Operations Managers or Supervisors
• Warehouse HR Managers or other HR colleagues
• Those responsible for human rights, modern slavery, risk and compliance within a warehouse operation or labour provider
• Those responsible for addressing human rights risks across the whole supply chain.

Costs:

For free and discounted places*, please email events@stronger2gether.org to book your place.

All other places are £215(+VAT) per delegate and should be booked on this page.

*See the workshop page on our website for more details on whether your organisation qualifies for free or discounted places.