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Bookmark or Share- What is Modern Slavery? - United States Department of StateForced labor, sometimes also referred to as labor trafficking, encompasses the range of activities—recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining—involved when a person uses force or physical threats, psychological coercion, abuse of the legal process, deception, or other coercive means to compel someone to work.
- What is forced labour? - International Labour OrganizationAccording to the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), forced or compulsory labour is: "all work or service which is exacted from any person under the threat of a penalty and for which the person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily." This definition consists of three elements:
- Forced labour, modern slavery and trafficking in personsForced labour is a severe violation of human rights affecting 28 million of men, women and children in all countries and all economic sectors. It is rooted in poverty, discrimination and lack of social protection, and it disrupts fair competition between businesses.
- Forced labour - WikipediaForced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, or violence, including death or other forms of extreme hardship to either themselves or members of their families.
- Forced Labor - U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionCBP’s forced labor enforcement mission supports ethical and humane trade while leveling the playing field for United States (U.S.) companies that respect fair labor standards.
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