This free e-learning course provides an overview for U.S. manufacturing companies to identify, address, and prevent cases of child labor and forced labor.
Cases of forced labor and child labor in the U.S. have increased significantly in the last five years, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) and the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
While both migrant children and U.S. citizens have been found in child labor, migrant children are at a much higher risk. Increased rates of violence and poverty abroad and global migration, along with shortages in the U.S. labor market, are contributing to this trend.
Throughout the four modules, case studies illustrate how these issues arise and how establishing stronger policies, management systems, and roles and responsibilities can help to address and prevent them.
The course also demonstrates how strengthened community relationships can help to provide a protective and safe working environment for everyone.
By the end of this course, manufacturers, co-manufacturers, co-packers, suppliers, and labor/service providers will:
This publicly available course is free to take. To incorporate this training into your own required employee training with usage tracking and reporting, contact us.
This document is designed as a practical reference for suppliers, co-manufacturers, co-packers, and labor or service providers following completion of the e-learning course. While the course addresses both forced and child labor, the guidance focuses specifically on child labor. It outlines steps to comply with labor laws, recruit responsibly, and minimize the risk of child labor in U.S. manufacturing supply chains.
Information and tools to support companies, federal contractors, federal procurement professionals, advocates, investors, consumers, and others in their efforts to prevent and address human trafficking, including forced labor, in global supply chains.
Accurate and up-to-date information on recruitment fees and related costs, enabling employers to enact ethical recruitment policies more effectively in their supply chains.
The course was developed by Verité in partnership with AIM-Progress and with consultation from manufacturers, management systems experts, legal and direct social service providers, and child rights advocates.
This training was funded as part of the AIM-Progress Child and Forced Labor Initiative to support AIM-Progress members’ co-manufacturers, co-packers, suppliers, labor providers, and service providers to recruit responsibly and help manage potential risks of child and forced labor. AIM-Progress, with additional funding from Walmart and Cargill, generously extended funding to make these resources publicly available.
Our expert-led training equips your team with practical skills to identify risks and implement effective human rights due diligence across supply chains.
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