LABOR TRAFFICKING IS A FORM OF MODERN DAY SLAVERY

LABOR TRAFFICKING IS DEFINED AS WHEN INDIVIDUALS PERFORM LABOR OR SERVICES THROUGH THE USE OF FORCE, FRAUD, OR COERCION. 

LABOR TRAFFICKING INCLUDES SITUATIONS OF DEBT BONDAGE, FORCED LABOR, AND INVOLUNTARY SOLITUDE.

COMMON AREAS WHERE LABOR TRAFFICKING OCCURS

SERVICE INDUSTRIES

HOTEL/MOTEL

MAINTENANCE

RESTAURANTS

CONSTRUCTION SITES

HOME BUILDER

CARPENTER

PLUMBER

BEAUTY AND SPAS

MASSAGE

NAIL SALON

BODY WORK

FARMS AND RANCHES

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

MAINTENANCE

MANAGING LAND

MONEY

OWE MONEY TO EMPLOYER OR RECRUITER OR ARE NOT BEING PAID WHAT THEY WERE PROMISED OR OWED

IDENTITY DOCUMENTS

DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THEIR PASSPORT OR IDENTITY DOCUMENTS

THREATENED

ARE BEING THREATENED BY THEIR BOSS WITH DEPORTATION OR OTHER HARM

COMMON
INDICATORS OF
LABOR TRAFFICKING

DANGEROUS CONDITIONS

ARE WORKING IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WITHOUT PROPER SAFETY GEAR, TRAINING, ADEQUATE BREAKS, OR OTHER PROTECTIONS

LIVING SPACE

ARE LIVING IN DANGEROUS, OVERCROWDED, OR INHUMANE CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY AN EMPLOYER

PRESSURE

FEEL PRESSURED BY THEIR EMPLOYER TO STAY IN A JOB OR SITUATION THEY WANT TO LEAVE

DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP? CALL THE TENNESSEE HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE AT
(855) 55-TNHTH (86484)