All news: fair recruitment
Labour migration
Strengthening the protection of Indonesian migrant workers with gender responsiveness fair recruitment and responsible business conduct
The ILO and its partners promote gender responsiveness fair recruitment and responsible business conduct as effective ways to strengthen the protection of Indonesian migrant workers from exploitation.
New recruitment guidance launched to mark 10 years of Fair Recruitment Initiative
A decade of work by the Fair Recruitment Initiative is being marked with new publications that detail its work to provide concrete, practical solutions that benefit all sides in the recruitment process.
Fair recruitment
Innovative teaching material on fair recruitment for business schools
The ILO launches a new teaching material on fair recruitment for migrant workers in partnership with the Global Business School Network (GBSN), and the Geneva School of Economics and Management.
THAMM programme
Awareness-raising videos promote fair and ethical recruitment practices in Egypt
Advancing awareness on fair and ethical recruitment principles and practices for Egyptian workers abroad and private employment agencies.
African Union Social Solidarity Economy Ecosystem
African Union embraces youth employment and fair recruitment strategies
The African Union and African Member States delivered on key strategies and policies that are critical to the world of work, including the social and solidarity economy, youth employment, fair recruitment, minimum wage and more.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announces that the United States is joining the ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative
International Migrants Day
Winners of 2023 ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration announced
The winning entries are examples of balanced and ethical reporting on migrant workers and labour migration that also help to address stereotypes and misconceptions.
COP28: Focus on labour migration and climate change
InfoStories
What has changed for migrant workers in Qatar?
Recent labour reforms in Qatar have already improved the living conditions for hundreds of thousands of workers, though urgent additional efforts are needed to ensure all workers can benefit.
Twelve private employment agencies in Guatemala present their Action Plan and new recruitment agencies commit to their Code of Conduct
The ILO provided technical assistance in developing both strategies with the aim of promoting fair recruitment principles in labour migration.
Global Media Competition winners: Where are they now?
Cristina Chi and Jan Cuyco, winners of the 2022 GMC, share their professional journey in labour migration reporting a year after their win.
Labour migration
ILO opens the 2023 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration
Journalists are invited to submit articles showing exemplary media coverage on labour migration and fair recruitment.
Stepping Forward: Malawi's Deep Dive into Child Labour Data within Tea and Coffee Supply Chains
Partnerships in Action - Private Sector Engagement in Promoting Quality Education to Eliminating Child Labour in Supply Chains
Ship to shore
ILO, EU, Stella Maris partner to protect Filipino migrant fishers
The ILO, with support from the European Union, and Stella Maris join forces to capture experiences of return migrant fishers and develop a comprehensive pre-departure orientation in the Philippines to combat abuses, forced labour and human...
Guatemala
Respecting values and customs: ILO and CIERTO launch protocol on the recruitment of indigenous peoples for work abroad
The document has been developed based on the experiences of indigenous peoples in Mexico and Guatemala, and serves private employment agencies recruiting for companies abroad.
Fair Recruitment Practices in Ethiopia
Enhancing the capacity of Private employment agencies (PrEA) in Ethiopia
Promoting Fair Recruitment and Decent Work for African Migrant Workers
Fair recruitment, international labour standards (ILS), union-to-union agreements, and monitoring and reporting
A Visionary Path Towards Fair and Ethical Recruitment in Africa
developing a robust Fair Recruitment Strategy designed specifically for Africa.
Labour rights
New ILO study highlights steps to strengthen decent work in Malaysia’s rubber glove supply chain
Study sets out series of recommendations for Malaysian government, employers, workers and key stakeholders to support working conditions in key export industry.