Monday, February 10, 2014

ABA resolution urges businesses to adopt policies against child labor and labor trafficking

The ABA House of Delegates has adopted a resolution that urges businesses to adopt policies against child and labor trafficking that are consistent with four models. The principles outlined in the resolution – known as Resolution 102B – says the business will prohibit child and labor trafficking in its operations, assess the risk of these problems, train relevant employees and communicate with suppliers, and devise a remediation policy to address child labor and trafficking. According to Delegate E. Christopher Johnson Jr. of Michigan, the principles “will try to give business the tools they need to erase this scourge on humanity. We have tolerated it far too long.”

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