Business: It’s time to act – decent work, modern slavery & child labour

Decent work cannot exist where modern slavery and child labour persist. Forced labour, modern slavery and child labour are complex problems associated with poverty, governance failures and inequalities in the global labour market. Tackling them requires a massive international effort, involving Governments, businesses, civil society organizations, trade unions and international bodies. This brief guide, developed as part of the Decent Work in Global Supply Chains Action Platform, offers a quick overview of the steps businesses can take to help eliminate modern slavery, while highlighting key resources, initiatives and engagement opportunities to support business action.

Business: It's time to act - decent work, modern slavery & child labour - United Nations Global Compact, 2018 DOWNLOAD

Forced Labor: Actions Needed to Prevent the Availability of At-Risk Goods in DOD’s Commissaries and Exchanges

Guidance

The Department of Defense (DOD) has some policies and processes in place to prevent the resale of goods produced through forced labor in its commissaries and exchanges. However, despite their generally common business of providing reduced- priced gr...Read More

TAGS: Due Diligence Transportation/ Logistics Forestry/ Reforestation, Wood & Paper Manufacturing Food & Beverage - Processing & Packaging Informal Sector Construction & Security Services Garments & Textiles Tourism, Hospitality & Recreational Services Domestic Work/ Servitude Healthcare/ Pharmaceuticals Financial sector Extractives & Mining Agriculture, Horticulture & Landscaping Information and Communications Technology Aquaculture & Fishing Global

Modern Slavery Risks, Rights & Responsibilities

Guidance

New laws require Australian business to report on the risk of modern slavery in their operations and supply chain. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) guide offers practical support to businesses on how to understand modern sla...Read More

TAGS: Reporting Food & Beverage - Processing & Packaging Healthcare/ Pharmaceuticals Financial sector Extractives & Mining Oceania

Regional mapping of trafficking and vulnerable migrants’ routes: Collective CSO data on migration routes in the east and Horn of Africa

Guidance

Civil society organizations across the seven states of the Horn of Africa welcome this mapping of regional routes, the relevant trends collaboration among groups in the region, and the enhanced cooperation around fighting human trafficking. Victims ...Read More

TAGS: Recruitment Africa

From Trafficking to Post-Rescue

Guidance

This paper focuses on the experiences of Burnese men who, having been trafficked into Thailand's offshore fishing industry, are in the process of reintegrating into Burmese society. Discussions with 15 of these men highlight how they were coerced o...Read More

TAGS: Due Diligence Aquaculture & Fishing Asia