All publications: fair recruitment
Promising practices for fair recruitment
Code of Conduct for Ethiopian Overseas Private Employment Agencies
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
Recruitment of health workers through bilateral labour agreements (BLAs): Kenya and the United Kingdom
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).
Use of digital technology in the recruitment of migrant workers
This research report shows that digital technology can play a significant role in making safe labour migration and fair recruitment a reality. It also gives valuable recommendations for how to make this happen.
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Locked down and in limbo: The global impact of COVID-19 on migrant worker rights and recruitment
This report provides a global overview of the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers – with a focus on recruitment – drawing on rapid assessments conducted by the ILO in early-mid 2020.
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Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for journalists in Uzbekistan
This toolkit was created to help journalists in Uzbekistan to report on forced labour and fair recruitment.
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ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative Strategy 2021-2025 - Taking stock, moving forward
The Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI) was launched in 2014 as part of the ILO Fair Migration Agenda. Since its launch, the FRI has been critical to ILO’s work in the area of national and international recruitment of workers and has added renewed...
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Impact of COVID-19 on private recruitment agencies in the Philippines
This assessment highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Philippines’ recruitment industry, in particular private recruitment agencies (PRAs).
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Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for Nepali journalists
This toolkit was created to help Nepali journalists report on fair recruitment and forced labour.
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Recruitment of migrant workers from Nepal: Country profile
This review provides an overview of legislative and policy frameworks concerning recruitment of migrant workers in Nepal and identifies gaps in relation to the ILO General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment.
Africa Regional Fair Recruitment Report: The recruitment of migrant workers to, within and from Africa
The “Africa Regional Fair Recruitment Report: The recruitment of migrant workers to, within and from Africa” comprises an expanded view of the recruitment of African migrant workers to disentangle the recruitment, migration and employment aspects of...
Rapid assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on private recruitment agencies in Nepal
This assessment highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the recruitment industry in Nepal.
Uzbekistan - Feedback mechanism on forced labour and other labour rights violations
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).
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Measuring Sustainable Development Goal indicator 10.7.1 on the recruitment costs of migrant workers: Results of Viet Nam pilot survey 2019
This report presents an assessment of the pilot process on measuring SDG indicator 10.7.1, undertaken by the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (GSO), in collaboration with the ILO, during the quarter four of the 2019 country’s Labour Force...
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Promoting fair and ethical recruitment in a digital world
This joint report by the ILO and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) explores innovative state-facilitated digital technology platforms from four different contexts, with a focus on the Employment Permit System of the Republic of...
Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration Fair Recruitment and Forced Labour - Viet Nam Edition
The Media-Friendly Glossary on Migration Fair Recruitment and Forced Labour - Viet Nam Edition serves as a guide for journalists, researchers, trainers and other actors in Viet Nam who write about labour migration, especially in the context of...
Feasibility study on the establishment of a regional qualifications framework in South Asian countries
This report provides a comparative framework of the skills and qualifications of the existing and future migrant workers in South Asia. It is aimed at bringing equal opportunities and fairness in the recruitment process and remunerations linked with...
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Workforce and migration patterns of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry: Implications for growth of the sector
This report considers factors that drive workers from the Sri Lankan tourism industry to migrate overseas; seeks to understand the impact of labour turnover on the local industry; and identify the recruitment channels workers use to secure labour...
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Rapid Assessment: The impact of COVID-19 on labour migration governance, recruitment practices and migrant workers in Pakistan
Covering the period from March to November 2020, the assessment examines the pandemic’s impact on labour migration from Pakistan, primarily to Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Its findings are drawn from an in-depth survey, key informant...
Promising practices for fair recruitment: Revision of the Law on Contract-Based Overseas Workers
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).