Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ILAB Sweat & Toil / LaborShield dataset family

The Sweat & Toil programme's data now ships under the LaborShield, ImportWatch, SourcingStrong and SupplyChainTrace names. Seven tables are published through the DOL Open Data Portal API: Child_Labor_Report__2016_to_2022 (whose table name still carries the sweat_toil prefix), ImportWatch_Core_Data, ImportWatch_Goods_HS, ImportWatch_Country_Codes, LaborShield_ReportingData, LaborShield_Goods and LaborShield_SuggestedActions. The former Sweat & Toil landing page at dol.gov/agencies/ilab/our-work/data-research/sweat-toil now returns 404.

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Documentation
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/tools-for-businesses-to-self-assess-labor-risks
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Documentation
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/importwatch

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DeveloperPortal
https://dataportal.dol.gov/
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-international-labor-affairs/refs/heads/main/data-model/bureau-of-international-labor-affairs-data-model.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bureau-of-international-labor-affairs:ilab-sweat-and-toil-data
name: ILAB Sweat & Toil / LaborShield dataset family
tags:
- Federal-Government
- Child Labor
- Forced Labor
tags_raw:
- Federal Government
- Child Labor
- Forced Labor
humanURL: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/tools-for-businesses-to-self-assess-labor-risks
properties:
- url: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/tools-for-businesses-to-self-assess-labor-risks
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/importwatch
  type: Documentation
- url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
  type: DeveloperPortal
- url: data-model/bureau-of-international-labor-affairs-data-model.yml
  type: DataModel
description: 'The Sweat & Toil programme''s data now ships under the LaborShield, ImportWatch, SourcingStrong
  and SupplyChainTrace names. Seven tables are published through the DOL Open Data Portal API: Child_Labor_Report__2016_to_2022
  (whose table name still carries the sweat_toil prefix), ImportWatch_Core_Data, ImportWatch_Goods_HS,
  ImportWatch_Country_Codes, LaborShield_ReportingData, LaborShield_Goods and LaborShield_SuggestedActions.
  The former Sweat & Toil landing page at dol.gov/agencies/ilab/our-work/data-research/sweat-toil now
  returns 404.'
features:
- Goods Produced by Child Labor
- Goods Produced by Forced Labor
- Country Advancement Level
- Suggested Government Actions
useCases:
- Supply chain due diligence
- ESG reporting
- Academic research on child labor
- Policy analysis
baseURL: https://apiprod.dol.gov/v4/get/ilab
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bureau-of-international-labor-affairs.png