Description
Indiana Human Trafficking Awareness Poster – Adult Entertainment
Help satisfy Indiana human trafficking awareness requirements with the Indiana Human Trafficking Awareness Poster. Indiana requires retail alcohol permit holders that provide adult entertainment on licensed premises to display approved human trafficking awareness posters and comply with additional employee and performer requirements.
Poster Specifications
- Size: 8.5"W x 11"H
- Orientation: Portrait
- Language: Available in English or Spanish
- Format: Human trafficking awareness and hotline notice
- Finish: Completely laminated with high-quality laminate
- Requirement: Indiana Code § 7.1-3-23-20.5
Who Must Post the Indiana Human Trafficking Poster?
The Indiana human trafficking posting requirement applies to the holder of a retail alcohol permit that provides adult entertainment on the licensed premises.
For purposes of this requirement, adult entertainment includes adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment.
What Types of Establishments Can Be Covered?
The requirement can apply to an alcohol retailer that provides or allows adult entertainment on the licensed premises.
Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission guidance explains that adult entertainment can include activities such as:
- Exotic dancing
- Lingerie shows
- Cabaret shows
- Burlesque shows
- Similar adult entertainment
The requirement can apply even when the adult entertainment is provided as a one-time event.
Where Must the Indiana Human Trafficking Poster Be Displayed?
Covered alcohol retailers must display approved human trafficking awareness posters in at least two of the following three locations on the licensed premises:
- The office of the manager of the licensed premises
- The locker room used by performers or other employees
- The break room used by performers or other employees
Covered establishments should ensure that the required posters remain clearly displayed in at least two qualifying locations.
What Information Must the Poster Provide?
Indiana requires the approved human trafficking awareness poster to provide information that helps employees and performers recognize and report suspected human trafficking.
The required poster must:
- Describe human trafficking
- Identify indicators of possible human trafficking
- Include signs such as restricted freedom of movement
- Include signs of possible physical abuse
- Provide hotline telephone information for reporting or obtaining assistance
- Be approved by the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission
National Human Trafficking Hotline
The Indiana Human Trafficking Awareness Poster provides the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
The hotline can be used to obtain help, report suspected trafficking, locate services, and obtain human trafficking information and resources.
What Is Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking involves exploitation of individuals through force, fraud, coercion, or other unlawful means for purposes that can include commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor.
Human trafficking can occur in many environments and industries. The Indiana notice helps employees recognize potential warning signs and provides information about where assistance is available.
What Are Signs of Possible Human Trafficking?
Potential indicators of human trafficking can include circumstances such as:
- Restricted freedom of movement
- Signs of physical abuse
- Someone controlling another individual's activities or movements
- Evidence of coercion or exploitation
- Other circumstances that may indicate forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation
The presence of one indicator does not necessarily establish that trafficking is occurring, but suspected human trafficking can be reported to appropriate authorities or hotline resources.
Employee and Performer Acknowledgement Requirement
Indiana's requirements extend beyond displaying the poster. Covered retail alcohol permit holders must also require performers and other employees to sign a document approved by the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission acknowledging awareness of the problem of human trafficking.
Employers should maintain applicable acknowledgement forms and records in accordance with Indiana requirements.
Age Verification for Adult Entertainers
Covered permit holders must require performers providing adult entertainment to provide qualifying government-issued identification showing that the performer is at least 18 years of age.
Acceptable identification can include a state-issued driver's license, state-issued identification card, or passport.
Performer Documentation Requirements
Indiana law establishes additional documentation requirements for covered adult entertainment establishments.
Covered permit holders must comply with applicable requirements concerning performer identification, documentation, photographs, employee acknowledgement forms, and record retention.
The human trafficking poster is therefore one part of a broader compliance requirement for alcohol retailers providing adult entertainment.
Performer Photograph and Recordkeeping Requirements
Covered retail permit holders must take a photograph showing the facial features of each adult entertainer who auditions to provide adult entertainment at the licensed premises.
Indiana requires the applicable photograph to be retained for at least three years after the audition or the performer's last day providing adult entertainment at the premises, whichever occurs later.
Cooperation With Human Trafficking Investigations
Covered retail alcohol permit holders must cooperate with applicable law enforcement investigations concerning alleged violations of Indiana's adult entertainment human trafficking requirements.
Failure to comply with the statutory requirements can affect the establishment's alcohol permit.
What Happens if a Covered Business Does Not Comply?
The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew an alcohol permit when a covered permit holder fails to comply with the applicable human trafficking requirements.
Covered businesses should therefore maintain the required posters, employee acknowledgements, performer records, and other documentation required by Indiana law.
Is the Indiana Human Trafficking Poster Required?
Yes, for retail alcohol permit holders that provide adult entertainment on the licensed premises.
The poster is not a general workplace posting required of every Indiana employer or every business that sells alcoholic beverages. The requirement specifically applies to covered retail permit holders providing adult entertainment.
Does One Poster Satisfy the Requirement?
No. Indiana requires covered establishments to display human trafficking awareness posters in at least two of the three locations specified by law.
Covered businesses should therefore maintain enough copies to satisfy the posting requirement at the licensed premises.
Indiana Workplace Compliance Resources
Labor Law Compliance Center provides Indiana employers and businesses with state and federal labor law posters, human trafficking notices, specialty workplace postings, and compliance resources. Visit our Indiana Labor Law Posters page or browse our Indiana State Specialty Posters for additional Indiana compliance products.
