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Descriptor English: Forced Labor, Employment
Descriptor Spanish: Trabajo Forzoso
Descriptor Portuguese: Trabalho Forçado
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Compulsory Labor
Conscript Labor
Employment Forced Labor
Employment Forced Labors
Forced Labor
Labor, Compulsory
Labor, Conscript
Labor, Employment Forced
Labor, Forced
Tree number(s): I01.880.735.384.375
N01.824.245.413
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000098948
Scope note: Forced labor occurs when individuals are compelled against their will to provide work or service through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. (https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/forced-labor)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Employment (2020-2024)
Public MeSH Note: 2025
History Note: 2025
Related: Human Trafficking MeSH
Workhouses MeSH
DeCS ID: 60921
Unique ID: D000098948
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2025/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/04/01
Forced Labor, Employment - Preferred
Concept UI M000767588
Scope note Forced labor occurs when individuals are compelled against their will to provide work or service through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. (https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/forced-labor)
Preferred term Forced Labor, Employment
Entry term(s) Compulsory Labor
Conscript Labor
Employment Forced Labor
Employment Forced Labors
Forced Labor
Labor, Compulsory
Labor, Conscript
Labor, Employment Forced
Labor, Forced



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