All publications: employment services

Fair recruitment

Central American migrant women in Mexico: Informality in recruitment and employment

This brief summarizes the current state of recruitment practices for Central American migrant women, focusing on four key sectors including agriculture, domestic work, sex work and street vending, and focuses on migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and...

Labour Migration

Ensuring migrant workers access to justice: An assessment of Thailand’s Migrant Workers Assistance Centers

To increase migrant workers’ access to justice in Thailand, in 2016 the Ministry of Labour established Migrant Workers Assistance Centers in ten provinces throughout the country. By April 2019, the ten centres had delivered services to nearly...

ILO Working Paper 19

Trends and new developments in employment services to support transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa Regions

This paper presents the findings of a survey undertaken in selected countries in the Sub Saharan Africa and Middle East and North Africa regions (SSA and MENA) aimed at reviewing the status of employment service provision, challenges and...

A synthesis: Operational guidelines and their application to Ethiopia’s Employment and Youth Employability Services (YES) centres in the...

Legal, financial and administrative considerations for an employment insurance system in Indonesia

The present report brings together additional research and findings concerning the potential introduction of employment insurance in Indonesia. It provides background and context to the ongoing dialogue on the subject as well as some preliminary...

Global Study on Recruitment Fees and Related Costs

A global study that examines the laws and policies of 90 countries, as well as numerous bilateral labour agreements and multi-stakeholder initiatives to identify the efforts Member States have made to regulate or prohibit recruitment fees and costs...

Malaysia Decent Work Country Programme

Promoting decent work for sustainable development

The Malaysia Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2019–20 provides a framework for the first of two phases of structured cooperation between the ILO, the Government of Malaysia, the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) and the Malaysian Trades Union...

COVID-19 and the world of work

COVID-19 and the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean labour market. A rapid assessment of the impact on policy responses at the end of...

The report aims to take stock of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the labour market in the region and provide a systematic review of the main policy measures implemented by governments and social partners of the region. The information...

Research brief

Migration cost survey among Indonesian and Filipina domestic workers in Malaysia

This research brief presents the findings of the survey on migration cost of Indonesian and Filipina domestic workers in Malaysia. The survey is guided by the ILO’s 2019 General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment and...

Fact sheet

ILO-FCDO Partnership programme on fair recruitment and decent work for women migrant workers in South Asia and the Middle East – Phase II -...

Fair recruitment

Recruitment agency business practices and role of intermediaries in the foreign employment industry in Pakistan

This study employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies for the profiling of recruitment intermediaries, understanding their business practices and developing a set of recommendations for effective management.

Pacific labour market information

Pacific labour market review 2020

This report presents a baseline assessment of the labour market situation in the Pacific Island Countries. The report was completed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, within the framework of the ILO project on “Strengthening Labour Market Information...

Social Protection Spotlight COVID-19

Unemployment protection in the COVID-19 crisis. Country responses and policy considerations

Income security is essential to mitigate the sudden and drastic impacts on employment of the lockdowns imposed to slow the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Public employment services and labour market policy responses

Employment services and labour market policies are key to bridging from immediate measures to a job-rich recovery.

ILO working paper

Study on the recruitment and placement of migrant fishers from Indonesia: an ILO working paper

This study is based on research was commissioned to address one of the key concerns of the Indonesian Government and stakeholders: the protection of Indonesian migrant fishers. Under the Indonesian Medium-Term Development Plan 2015–2019, a...

Report

Malaysia: Review of admission and recruitment practices of Indonesian workers in the plantation and domestic work sectors and related...

Indonesian workers have provided the bulk of the workforce for the plantation and the domestic work sectors in Malaysia, thereby making a significant contribution to the Malaysian economy over the years. This study on the admission and recruitment...

Report

Enhancing standard employment contracts for migrant workers in the plantation and domestic work sectors in Malaysia

This paper was prepared for a multi-stakeholder dialogue on the use and application of standard contracts for migrant workers in the domestic and plantation sectors in Malaysia. The paper identifies areas where use and application of standard...

Delivering income and employment support in times of COVID-19: Integrating cash transfers with active labour market policies

This brief examines how income support and active labour market policies can come together to improve workers' prospects in times of COVID-19, particularly in emerging and developing countries. It identifies the characteristics that determined the...

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Impact of COVID-19 on Nepali Migrant Workers: Protecting Nepali Migrant Workers during the Health and Economic Crisis

The brief provides information on impact of the health and economic crisis arising from the COVID-19 pandemic on Nepali migrant workers and identifies a number of key recommendations to assist governments and other stakeholders in designing COVID-19...

Policy Brief

The role of public employment programmes and employment guarantee schemes in COVID-19 policy responses