Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report: Morocco

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Labor Rights Report: Morocco

[Excerpt] This report examines the labor rights situation in Morocco. The labor rights taken into consideration include those rights defined as “core labor standards” by Section 2113 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 3813(6)): the right of association; the right to organize and bargain collectively; a prohibition on the use of any form of forced or compulsory labor; a minimum age for the employment of children; and acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health. Because of the emphasis in the Trade Act on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor, we have broadened the discussion not only to include minimum age for employment of children but also the effective elimination of the worst forms of child labor

Progress in Implementing Capacity-Building Provisions under the Labor Chapter of the Dominican Republic – Central America – United States Free Trade Agreement

[Excerpt] Section 403(a) of the CAFTA-DR Implementation Act includes a reporting requirement on labor issues related to the CAFTA-DR. Specifically, that section requires the President to submit a biennial report to Congress on the progress made by the CAFTA-DR countries in implementing (i) Chapter Sixteen (Labor) of the CAFTA-DR, and (ii) the White Paper. The President delegated this reporting function to the Secretary of Labor, to be carried out in consultation with the United States Trade Representative (USTR). This is the first report in fulfillment of Section 403(a) of the CAFTA-DR Implementation Act. As required, this report includes: A. A description of the progress made by the Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism established by Article 16.5 and Annex 16.5 of the CAFTA-DR, and the Labor Affairs Council established by Article 16.4 of the CAFTA-DR, in achieving their stated goals, including a description of the capacity-building projects undertaken, funds received, and results achieved, in each CAFTA-DR country; B. Recommendations on how the United States can facilitate full implementation of the recommendations contained in the White Paper; C. A description of the work done by the CAFTA-DR countries with the International Labor Organization (ILO) to implement the White Paper recommendations and to advance common commitments regarding labor matters; and D. A summary of public comments received on these matters

List of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor

[Excerpt] Executive Order (EO) 13126, Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, mandates that the Department of Labor, in consultation and cooperation with the Departments of State and Homeland Security (the three Departments), publish a list of products (EO List), identified by their country of origin, that the three Departments have a reasonable basis to believe might have been mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child labor. The EO also directs executive agencies of the U.S. Government to enforce the laws prohibiting the manufacture or importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured by this form of exploitative labor. This year, for the first time in the 13 years that the three Departments have been producing the EO List, we include narrative descriptions of the forced or indentured child labor occurring in the mining, production, or manufacture of each of the listed products. For the first time, we tell some of the story behind each listing – the areas of a country where the good is mined, produced, or manufactured and the forced child labor is concentrated, how widespread the problem is, whether bonded labor is used, and how threats and other kinds of coercion force children into this worst form of child labor, and keep them there

Trade and Employment Effects of the Andean Trade Preference Act - 2012

[Excerpt] The submission of this report to the Congress continues a series of annual reports by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on the trade and employment effects of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA).1 This twentieth report covers calendar year 2012 and comes to the same conclusion as the previous nineteen editions of this report, namely that preferential tariff treatment under the provisions of the original ATPA and its subsequent amendments has neither had an adverse impact on, nor posed a significant threat to, overall levels of U.S. employment

Advancing the Global Campaign Against Child Labor: Progress Made and Future Actions

A report of the conference hosted by the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization, on May 17, 2000. The document “contains an edited collection of the speeches and papers prepared and presented for this meeting, as well as news feature stories and photos documenting many of the efforts discussed. It seeks to highlight some of the innovative and effective strategies being used in various countries around the world to address the problem of exploitative child labor” [excerpt]

Advancing the Campaign Against Child Labor – Volume II: Addressing the Worst Forms of Child Labor

“This report examines some action strategies related to efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, some issues in developing these strategies, and some examples of how strategies have been implemented in actual projects” [excerpt]

Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere Factsheet

Information about the Bureau of International Labor Affairs’ international cooperation and programs in the Western Hemisphere

Summary of Findings from the Child Labor Surveys in the Cocoa Sector of West Africa: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria

The report provides a summary of key findings from a collaborative survey on cocoa farms in West Africa

Office of International Relations (OIR) Factsheet

Information about the Office of International Relations\u27 role in providing technical and policy advice on international labor matters, in collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and other international organizations