S. 2241 — Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act

This section directs the Secretary of Labor to implement, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment, a program to provide training and periodic continuing education to Department of Labor employees—whom the Secretary determines need it based on their official duties, including consideration of Wage and Hour Division employees in states with significant increases in oppressive child labor (i.e., employment of minors in hazardous occupations or excessive hours, as defined in section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938)—on identifying human trafficking. The training, deliverable in-class or virtually, must (1) address location- and role-specific trends and best practices, including human trafficking detection relevant to employees' duties, methods to identify suspected victims and traffickers, and referral protocols to the Department of Justice and other authorities that protect victims' rights through collaboration with advocacy organizations, federal agencies, and state and local officials; and (2) incorporate post-training evaluations by participants.

This section requires the Secretary of Labor, not later than one year after first implementing the program under section 3(a) and annually thereafter, to submit to the House Committee on Education and Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports on (1) the training and continuing education provided under the program in the preceding year, including an evaluation of its overall effectiveness and the number of individuals who completed it; and (2) the number of human trafficking cases referred by the Department of Labor to the Department of Justice and other authorities in the preceding year, along with the department's processes for measuring and tracking responses to those cases.