THLA Partners with BEST to Provide Complimentary Training in Human Trafficking Prevention

Texas’s human trafficking prevention training requirement for hotel employees is administered by the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG). It requires all commercial lodging establishments with more than 10 rooms to train employees annually on recognizing human trafficking activity. Employees will have to be trained by an OAG-approved program within 90 days of hiring. 

The training course can be an online or in-person training course, and the training program must be approved by the OAG.  THLA is currently working with the OAG, ECPAT-USA, BEST, and other major training providers on the training program approval process.  Additionally, the OAG created its own commercial lodging establishment human trafficking prevention training video available here

Signage:

The new human trafficking training law requires hotels to post signage, in English and Spanish, produced by the OAG in a back-of-house area.  The signage required by the new human trafficking prevention law is available at this OAG website for download here. This signage should be posted on 11×17 paper in English and Spanish, and the signage should be posted now.

THLA has human trafficking prevention signage printed and available for THLA members at no charge

If you are interested in getting some of our free signs, just let us know by email at news@texaslodging.com we can mail them out to you.

 

Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST) is the first organization in the country entirely dedicated to working with all types of employers to prevent labor and sex trafficking.

BEST provides consultation and training to public employers and private businesses focused on reducing human trafficking while mitigating the reputational, legal, and financial risks to the business.

Since 2012, BEST has developed nationally recognized models to leverage the power of business to disrupt trafficking and has trained thousands of employees to identify and respond to suspected cases of trafficking.

The mission of BEST is to align and equip leaders to use the power of business to prevent human trafficking. Using Awareness, Consultation, Training, and Safe Jobs (ACTS)—BEST helps businesses implement best practices to prevent human trafficking.

In 2018 THLA  announced a new partnership with BEST, a national leading provider of human trafficking awareness training.

This partnership will give THLA members free access to online human trafficking training for all hotel staff.

BEST’s online human trafficking training program was created specifically for the hotel industry, and it will help your staff learn how to recognize the signs of human trafficking and take steps to stop it from occurring.

The training modules are available in English and Spanish, and there is a separate component specifically for management-level employees.

MEMBERS go here for THLA voucher codes to get access to complimentary training.