Labor exploitation is when a person is exploited without getting the rights and wages she has the rights to according to law. The perpetrator uses deceit and threats to maintain the situation.
Labor exploitation is when someone benefits from the work effort of another person.
It can be when a person is tricked to accept a job with false information about wages and work hours, circumstances, and housing.
Perpetrators use deceit and threats to prevent the victim from seeking help or stop working for them.
Labor exploitation is the most common manifestation of human trafficking in Iceland and it can happen anywhere. The most common places are in construction, cleaning, and other service jobs, such as hotels and restaurants. Labor exploitation can be the case if:
Labor exploitation can be difficult to spot. It is easy to get help. Start the conversation with 112 to find out.
ASÍ is the head organization for labor workers in Iceland and provides the website labour.is, where workers can seek information on duties and rights in the work market in 11 languages: English, Polish, Lithuanian, Romanian, Spanish, Farsi, Ukrainian, Arabic and Icelandic.
ASÍ also has the goal of workplace surveillance to fight labor exploitation and inform workers on their rights. Inspectors visit workplaces and often they are the first contact of a worker being exploited. You can email them at asi@asi.is, where full confidentiality is promised.
It can be tricky to spot whether a person’s circumstances indicate human trafficking or not. When a person is exploited in any way to benefit from it, it is human trafficking.
Huang-Kai was hired to work as a chef at a restaurant in Reykjavik. His supervisor provided him with housing nearby and promised to send a part of his wages to his family abroad.
When the Covid pandemic started the attitude towards Huang-Kai changed, all of a sudden his passport was taken from him and he did not get any pay. Huang-Kai’s supervisor placed a location app on his phone to track his movements, then forbid him to leave the restaurant and made him sleep on the kitchen floor.
Sexual exploitation is when a person benefits from selling access to another person's body.
If you recognize the symptoms and methods of human trafficking, you increase the possibility of dissolving it.
It can be human trafficking when a person is exploited to commit a crime against their will.
