All publications: fair recruitment
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...
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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.
Labour migration
Flyer - 2020 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration
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Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for journalists in Pakistan
This toolkit was created to help journalists in Pakistan report on fair recruitment and forced labour.
Women migrant workers’ labour market situation in West Africa
This report provides an overview of the situation of women migrant workers in West Africa based on a review of laws, regulations, policies and exisiting data, with a special focus on Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria. It includes data on women...
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...
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Improving recruitment agency business practices in Sri Lanka
This study aims to provide recommendations for improving business practices in recruitment for foreign employment with a view to reducing the costs borne by migrant workers.
2019 Recruitment Costs Pilot Survey Report-Ghana, Measuring SDG Indicator (10.7.1)
This report presents the survey results and examines the recruitment costs, monthly earnings, and Recruitment Cost Indicator (RCI) of migrant workers taking into account their socio-demographic characteristics such as age, occupation, the industry...
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Regional study on defining recruitment fees and related costs: The Americas
This study assesses regional and national policies and legislation on defining recruitment fees and related costs in the Americas.
TRIANGLE in ASEAN
Recruitment fees and related costs: What migrant workers from Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Myanmar pay to work in...
This report presents the findings of a survey on recruitment fees and related costs paid by migrant workers from Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Myanmar to work in Thailand.
Trade union action to promote fair recruitment for migrant workers
This brief highlights trade union action to promote and protect fair recruitment for migrant workers through actions including policy advocacy, service provision and outreach.
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Review of law, policy and practice of recruitment of migrant workers in Pakistan
This review provides an overview of legislative and policy frameworks concerning recruitment of migrant workers in Pakistan. The review identifies gaps in relation to the ILO General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment, and...
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Female labour migration from Pakistan: A situation analysis
This report examines patterns and characteristics of female labour migration from Pakistan, and provides recommendations to ensure that women have equal opportunities for safe and fair migration.
Fair recruitment - SDG 10.7.1
Operational manual on recruitment costs
This Operational Manual on Recruitment Costs – SDG 10.7.1 aids in the collection and dissemination of data on recruitment costs and serves as a means of setting standards to produce comparable data across countries.
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Review of law, policy and practice of recruitment of migrant workers in Sri Lanka
This review provides an overview of legislative and policy frameworks concerning recruitment of migrant workers in Sri Lanka. The review identifies gaps in relation to the ILO General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment, and...
Fair recruitment country brief: Guatemala to Mexico corridor
This brief provides an overview of fair recruitment challenges and opportunities, and priorities for action for the REFRAME project in Guatemala and Mexico
Fair recruitment country brief: Sri Lanka
This brief provides an overview of fair recruitment challenges and opportunities, and priorities for action for the REFRAME project in Sri Lanka
Fair recruitment initiative
General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment and definition of recruitment fees and related costs
This document brings together the ILO general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment (“principles and guidelines”) and the definition of recruitment fees and related costs.
Ending forced labour by 2030: A review of policies and programmes
The latest Global Estimates indicate that 25 million people are in forced labour globally. How can the world community get firmly on track toward eliminating forced labour? The International Labour Organization report Ending forced labour by 2030: A...
Agents of Change? Assessing Hong Kong employment agencies´ compliance with the Code of Practice
This report, based on a survey of over 450 migrant domestic workers, examines the implementation of the Hong Kong government’s Code of Practice for Employment Agencies (CoP), and its impact on the human and labour rights of domestic workers in the...