(a) Any individual required to complete the training required by G.S. 130A-511(b) shall complete one of the following existing training courses identified by the Department:
- (1) Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking ("BEST"): "Inhospitable to Human Trafficking;"
- (2) Protect All Children from Trafficking ("PACT"): "Your Role in Preventing Human Trafficking: Recognize the Signs;"
- (3) PACT for Employees: "Recognize and Respond: Addressing Human Trafficking in the Hospitality Industry for Associates;"
- (4) PACT for Managers: "Recognize and Respond: Addressing Human Trafficking in the Hospitality Industry for Managers;"
- (5) Unbound Now: "Identifying and Responding to Human Trafficking: Commercial Lodging and Hospitality Industry;"
- (6) Marriott International Human Trafficking Prevention Training;
- (7) Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG: "Preventing Human Trafficking;"
- (8) Linville Resorts: "Human Trafficking Awareness Training;" or
- (9) NC Stop Human Trafficking: "Human Trafficking Training for the Hospitality Industry."
- (b) The Department shall provide links to register for each training course on its website at www.labor.nc.gov.
History Note: Authority G.S. 130A-511;
Eff. September 1, 2025;
Amended Eff. June 1, 2026.