Often times, labor traffickers will isolate their victims from their support systems. However, that doesn’t mean you haven’t already interacted with someone who is in a trafficking situation. Nail salons, construction sites, agricultural sites, restaurant kitchens, and motels are all workplaces where labor trafficking has been reported.
Someone may be in a labor trafficking or exploitative situation if you know they:
Feel pressured by their employer to stay in a job they want to leave.
Owe money to their employer or a recruiter and are not being paid the wages they were initially promised or are now owed.
Do not have control over their legal documents, including passport, state issued identification, immigration documents, and the like.
Are living and working in isolated conditions, disconnected from their friends, family, and other support systems.
Another person seems to monitor their communications.
They work some place where the safety measures are intended to keep people from getting out.
They are being threatened by their boss with deportation and/or other harms.
They are working excessive hours in dangerous conditions, without proper safety gear, specialized training, suitable breaks, or other necessary precautions or protections.
Are residing in subpar or even inhumane conditions provided by their employers.