Anti-human traffiking and modern slavery statement

Functionstack is committed to acting ethically and with integrity.

This modern slavery and human trafficking statement details our commitment to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking pursuant to section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the “Act”). 

Supply chain:

We offer two unique services: (a) Recruiting the brightest and most ambitious engineering graduates from universities in Africa, Europe and United States, giving them exposure to enterprise IT technologies at our own cost, and offering them to companies as contractors on hourly basis or allowing companies to hire them while paying us a one-off finder’s fee. (b) recruiting experienced engineers, upskilling them and offering them as mid or senior engineers to companies on an hourly basis.

We ensure our employees are paid a fair wage in line with the wage standards in their countries of residence. We also ensure employees are not overworked by insisting they work to the time specified in their contracts. Amenities needed to maintain a conducive work environment are offered to onsite employees and budget is made available for remote employees to procure amenities needed to work from home.

Whistleblowing policy: 

The management of Functionstack have an open door policy where employees can raise any perceived issue of modern slavery or human trafficking. We also main a system where employees can anonymously give feedback to management - thereby ensuring transparency and free expression of thoughts and opinion

We continue to take steps to ensure we maintain a strong stand against slavery and human trafficking in our organization. We retain counsel to continually advise us on fine tuning our policies and inform us of any changes in law or policy on human slavery and trafficking. 

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending in December 2024.