Fighting Forced Labor in Your Supply Chain
Forced labor has been a consistent topic in the supply chain world for years. As a result, there is a wealth of information regarding forced labor and the initiatives taken globally to act preventatively. There are multiple indicators of forced labor, including isolation, restriction of movement, withholding of wages, deception, excessive overtime, and intimidation. Many statutes address forced labor, including:
Different statutes consist of laws and regulations attempting to prevent the act of forced labor. As of April 2022, China had the highest number of Withhold Release Orders (WROs) and (Forced Labor) Findings.
The more recent act,?Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention?Act,?went into effect June 2022. This act imposed an extensive import ban on goods mined, produced, or manufactured in whole or in part in XUAR. This act effectively assumed all goods with a connection to Xinjiang were made with forced labor, therefore banning all trade made with XUAR entirely. The exception of clear and convincing evidence of a clean supply chain allows for a potential exception of the ban.
To help regulate a clean supply chain, importers can take action to clean out their supply chain by:
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Sales Executive - Carrier Services(Drayage/Air Freight)
2 年That's great insight about exploitation of labor and good article to protect it.