How Child Labor Violations Usually Occur

• 59 % of auditors believe child labor occurs because factories“ overlook” the issue due to excessive demand for labor

From the auditors’ perspective, we also looked at the top reasons for why factories fail to prevent child labor, and we clearly saw some divergence between countries in the region( Figure 12), especially between East & Southeast Asian countries( China and Vietnam) and South Asian countries( India and Bangladesh). Apart from the systemic challenges that factories have limited control over( e. g.“ forged / borrowed ID cards” and“ most workers don’ t have identity documents”), there are reasons that are directly related to factories’ actions, such as“ overlooked because of excessive demand for labor” and“ no age verification was done”. While the absence of age verification seems to be a higher risk factor for India and Bangladesh, intentional recruitment of child laborers to satisfy labor demand seems to be the bigger issue in China and Vietnam.

Figure 12:

How do the identified child labor violations usually occur?

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