All publications: fair recruitment
Fair and ethical recruitment
Regional operational guidelines on fair and ethical recruitment in ASEAN. Improving regulation and enforcement: A resource for regulators
The regional operational guidelines provide guidance to government regulators on fair recruitment practices, licensing private recruitment agencies, monitoring recruitment processes, and acting on complaints related to the recruitment process....
Domestic workers
Deficits in decent work: Employer perspectives and practices on the quality of employment in domestic work in urban India
This study report contributes towards understanding employers’ perspectives on existing working conditions and practices relating to recruitment, income security, employment security and social security available to domestic workers.
Spotlight Initiative
Measuring sustainable development goal indicator 10.7.1 on recruitment costs of Vietnamese workers overseas: Results of the Labour Force...
This report "Measuring sustainable development goal indicator 10.7.1 on recruitment costs of Vietnamese workers overseas: Results of the Labour Force Survey 2021" was developed using data from the Viet Nam Labour Force Survey 2021. This is the first...
Achieving fair and ethical recruitment: Improving regulation and enforcement in the ASEAN region
This report focuses on the efforts of ASEAN Member States to foster fair and ethical recruitment. It maps the laws and regulations, and moreover, the enforcement mechanisms States have employed, and reviews evidence of the results achieved.
FAIR: Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment Phase III (2022-2025)
Industrial relations in the ready-made garment sector in Jordan
The report aims to shed light on the status of industrial relations in Jordan’s garment manufacturing sector. It also seeks to inform forward-looking efforts led by ILO constituents and other stakeholders towards the continued establishment of a...
Media-friendly glossary on migration: Fair recruitment and forced labour- Uganda Edition
The Glossary is part of the International Labour Organization (ILO) series of media-friendly glossaries on migration. It is intended to guide media practitioners on use of appropriate terminologies when writing/reporting about labour migration.
Fair recruitment
Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for journalists in Uganda
The ILO has facilitated adaptation of its global media toolkit on reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment, for use in Uganda. The toolkit is designed to help journalists and other media practitioners in Uganda to effectively report on labour...
Fair recruitment
Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for journalists in Nigeria
Within the framework of the FAIRWAY Global Programme supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, ILO has facilitated adaptation of the Global Media Toolkit for reporting on Forced Labour and Fair Recruitment for use by...
Fair recruitment
Fair recruitment and access to justice for migrant workers
The ILO has developed this paper to present good practices regarding migrant workers’ right to access to justice in the context of their labour recruitment.
Frequently Asked Questions on Fair Recruitment
The ILO has developed this series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on fair recruitment challenges to respond to questions commonly received by constituents. The FAQs are designed to provide user-friendly answers to technical questions related to...
How digital technology can protect migrant workers from forced labour and exploitation
Digital technology can be a game changer in migrant worker protection. But where to start? What digital products are already out there? How to make sure that technology delivers real benefits? A new research under the ILO Fair Recruitment...
Labour mobility
What is the procedure to change jobs in Qatar?
All workers in Qatar are able to change employers without having to first obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC). This flowchart explains the steps to follow when changing jobs.
Labour mobility
Labour mobility in Qatar - Key information for employers
All workers in Qatar can change jobs without having to obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) anytime during their contract period. This document provides helpful information for employers on the new changes.
Labour mobility
Changing jobs in Qatar - Key information for workers
All workers in Qatar can change jobs without having to obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) anytime during their contract period. These FAQs provide helpful information for workers regarding the procedures to change employers.
Executive summary - Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers in an Irregular Situation and Addressing Irregular Labour Migration: A...
The original report was published on 23 December 2021 and updated in April 2022.
Behavioural insights in employers’ choice of recruitment services for domestic work
The ILO launched a campaign based on behavioural science, in a bid to influence the market in Hong Kong towards greater demand for fair recruitment practices. This report presents the results of the randomised control trial that was designed and...
Compendium of promising practices to advance fair recruitment of (migrant) workers: 5 years of the Fair Recruitment Initiative
In 2020, the ILO reviewed progress made since the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative five years earlier, by conducting a stocktaking exercise aimed at documenting promising practices towards fair recruitment, now documented in this Compendium...
Promising practices for fair recruitment
Regulation of Private Recruitment Agencies in Uganda
This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).
Promising practices for fair recruitment
Madagascar alignment of labour code to newly ratified conventions
This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).