Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement  April 2021 (v2.00)

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement April 2021 (v2.00)

The following statement is written in accordance with the requirements under section 54 of The Modern Slavery Act 2015 and is applicable to Star Racing Limited (Star Sports)

Introduction

In accordance with the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) 2015, Star Racing Limited (“Star Sports”) is required to publish an annual statement detailing the procedures and controls that we have in place to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking practices, both in our own business and within our supply chains.

Our Approach to Modern Slavery

As a responsible employer with clear values, we take the issue of modern slavery and human trafficking very seriously and prohibit all forms of slavery, both within our own operations and within our extended supply chains. As a business we are deeply committed to all sustainable development goals but particularly goal 8.7:

‘Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms’

After conducting a thorough analysis on our business and its activities we have established that the risk of modern slavery to Star Racing is extremely low, due to the fact that:

• Our operations are carried out exclusively in developed countries which are generally low risk areas according to the Global Slavery Index.
• Our employees are directly employed by Star and we are diligent on right to work checks, legal procedures and best practices relating to resourcing and recruitment activities
• We carry out risk assessments prior to commencing partnership with any suppliers, we engage them in transparent conversations to gauge their awareness of modern slavery and to see what checks they carry out on their own suppliers. We also ensure that we have clauses in our supplier’s agreement that prohibits slavery and child or forced labour.

About Our Business

The principal activity of the company (Star Racing Limited) is a bookmaker while the group also contains Playbook Engineer, a platform developer, Star Sports Recruitment Limited, which acts as a recruiter within the leisure and gaming sector.

Star Racing Limited operations take place in our Hove headquarters, located at Star House, 255 Old Shoreham Rd, Hove BN3 7ED

We employ approximately 120 people and have an annual turnover in the region of £400 million.

Training

To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, we provide training to relevant members of staff.

We consider ourselves a low risk in terms of Modern Slavery. However, we have a range of HR policies and procedures which collectively assist us in ensuring that we can meet the objectives of this statement and provide additional safeguards. Principally, these are:

• Harassment & Bullying Policy
• Grievance Procedure
• Equal Opportunity Policy
• Whistle Blowing

Our Anti-Slavery Obligations

All Star colleagues, particularly those responsible for recruitment, together with anybody working for us, providing services to us, or working on our behalf must:

• Not use forced or compulsory labour, i.e., any work or service that a worker performs involuntarily or under threat of penalty
• Comply with the minimum age requirements prescribed by applicable laws
• Compensate workers with wages and benefits that meet or exceed the legally required minimum
• Abide by applicable laws concerning the maximum hours of daily labour
• Take reasonable steps to ensure that any sub-contractors or suppliers from whom they source goods
and/or services for ultimate use by Star adhere to these requirements
• Bring any actual or potential cases of modern slavery immediately for further investigation using our Whistleblowing procedure

Our transparency statement for the financial year ending April 5th, 2021 is issued in accordance with Section 54 (Transparency in Supply Chains) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

This statement has been reviewed and approved by our Managing Director Russ Candler.