27Jun
Modern slavery directors personally liable for employee exploitation
The High Court has held a company’s officers personally, jointly and severally liable to its employees as victims of modern slavery. The officers had deliberately and systematically utilised coercive, threatening and punitive financial measures to...
By:
Allen & Overy LLP
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