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The image shows a person standing at a podium with the U.S. Department of Labor seal on it. The person is dressed in a suit and is delivering a speech. A presentation slide is visible in the background, related to human and labor trafficking topics.
Mar. 31, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of people work in exploitative conditions in the United States. Most never see them or have any idea how many people toil without pay, how many children are employed illegally, how many workers are denied the rights to which they are entitled to under American law. The Wage and Hour Division’s investigators encounter those cases every day.

This work is not theoretical; it is urgent and deeply human.

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