Product Description
The Illinois Human Trafficking Poster reminds patrons and employees that victims of slavery and human trafficking are protected under state and federal law. The poster provides a list of potential warning signs for identifying a victim of human trafficking. The poster also provides contact information for the National Human Trafficking Hotline for victims or those who wish to report a suspected incident of human trafficking.
Victims of human trafficking may be forced into engaging in commercial sex, housework, farm work, or any other activity, and unable to leave. Since 2007, the non-profit, non-governmental National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline has received 145,764 reports on potential victims of sex or labor trafficking. The Resource Center provides help and referral to services for victims and survivors of human trafficking, as well as training and general information for those who wish to provide assistance to victims.
Posting Requirement
The Illinois Human Trafficking Poster must be posted on the premises of the following establishments:
- On premise consumption liquor retailer licensees where the sale of alcoholic beverages is the principal business carried on by the licensee at the premises and primary to the sale of food
- Adult entertainment facilities
- Airports
- Intercity passenger rail or light rail stations
- Bus stations and truck stops
- Emergency rooms and urgent care centers
- Farm labor contractors
- Privately-operated job recruitment centers
- Massage establishments
- Hotels and motels
- Privately operated job recruitment centers
- Public and private elementary schools
- Tattoo and body-piercing establishments
- Public gatherings and special events open to the public
It must be posted in a conspicuous place near the public entrance of the establishment or in another conspicuous location in clear view of the public and employees where similar notices are customarily posted. (775 ILCS 50/5)