Modern slavery is not an elsewhere problem: evidence suggests its presence in every industry and it has an estimated 50 million victims globally, with at least 100,000 of these being within the UK. It is therefore important that we all have an understanding of modern slavery beyond recognising it as a term we’ve all skimmed past in our employment contracts.

At this point most of us are familiar with the term burnout. In 2019 the World Health Organisation added it to their International Classification of Diseases as an occupational illness due to chronic, un-managed stress, and more recent news articles this month state that rates of burnout are projected to increase this year due to continued pandemic-related stressors. In its current, most widely used role, ‘burnout’ encompasses feelings of stress, emotional exhaustion, lack of energy or interest, and depression. Whether or not the terminology is correct, burnout signifies a major problem.