Before sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal government site. The survey considers a working child to be engaged in child labor if the child is below the minimum age for employment of 14 or the child is performing work that is hazardous according to national legislation. Uniqlo did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Both boys and girls, including many in the Syrian refugee community, are engaged in work activities in this sector. There is evidence that children ages 5 to 17 grow tobacco in Vietnam. Scenarios like this are happening in multiple industries all across the U.S. and globally. As stated in our Business Conduct Guidelines, we reject all forms of oppression, forced labor and participation in human rights violations. ILAB maintains the List primarily to raise public awareness about forced labor and child labor around the world and to promote efforts to combat them; it is not intended to be punitive, but rather to serve as a catalyst for more strategic and focused coordination and collaboration among those working to address these problems. The survey estimates that 301,827 children ages 5 to 17 perform hazardous work in rural areas of Paraguay and indicates that children working in agriculture experience accidents and illnesses, including from using dangerous tools and handling chemicals. Out of the estimated 1,426 child laborers who produce leather, about 580 are 12-14 years old and 846 are 15-17 years old. Further, workers may undergo re-education to eradicate extremism. More broadly, according to varied estimates, at least 100,000 to hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and other Muslim minorities are being subjected to forced labor in China following detention in re-education camps. Individuals work in remote, isolated plantations with limited freedom of movement and communication. Consequently, in August of 2020, L.L.Bean made the decision to exit Xinjiang and remove all Chinese cotton from our assortment. The survey considers a working child to be engaged in child labor if the child is below the minimum age for employment of 14 or the child is performing work that is hazardous according to national legislation. In mined or quarried goods, gold, coal and diamonds are most common. Hsin Kang Asbestos Mine, a/k/a Sichuan (Szechuan) Pin Chiang Enterprise Company. This doesnt happen in real life, right? "We also meet or exceed international standards, such as those found in the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct; conduct regular independent audits of our suppliers; provide remediation where we find issues; and report our performance transparently.". They usually live with their employer, and do not receive sufficient food. Typically, victims are abused in the homes of family members or someone they considered a close friend, who then force them to perform numerous household jobs like cleaning, cooking, child and elderly-care, gardening, or other forms of labor where they work anywhere from 10 to 16 hours per day with little to no pay. Some children are forced to work under threat of physical violence. [CDATA[/* >