Agriculture, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Manufacturing, raw materials
Few reports have as much significance in the world of labor rights as the bi-annual U.S. Department of Labor’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, the latest edition of which was released on September 30.
Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers
Despite the growing awareness of, and commitments to, ethical recruitment, an analysis of CUMULUS data from early 2019 to the present reveals that less than five percent of employers fully absorb the true cost of cross border recruitment, including all recruitment fees and related costs. Instead, those costs continue to be passed on to foreign migrant workers.
Agriculture, COVID-19, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Health and Safety, Labor Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Transportation and Logistics
Verité has identified a number of factors that increase workers’ vulnerability to becoming victims of human trafficking, all of which will likely worsen during and after the COVID-19 crisis, including poverty, inequality, political instability, conflict, crime/violence, and tightening of restrictions on immigration.
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