Publications on domestic work
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Publication
Behavioural insights in employers’ choice of recruitment services for domestic work
04 April 2022
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 used to identify the most effective message frame to trigger the behaviour of employers of domestic workers in Hong Kong (China) and influence their choice of private recruitment agencies when hiring foreign domestic workers.
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Publication
Promoting Decent Work for Sustainable Development
20 November 2020
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 Congress (MTUC).
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Research brief
Migration cost survey among Indonesian and Filipina domestic workers in Malaysia
22 October 2020
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 Definition of Recruitment Fees and Related Costs and builds on previous studies conducted by the World Bank-led Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD).
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Report
Malaysia: Review of admission and recruitment practices of Indonesian workers in the plantation and domestic work sectors and related recommendations
02 July 2020
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 procedures and practices for Indonesian workers in the two sectors notes that there have been positive legal and regulatory developments on labour migration in Malaysia and Indonesia. It also highlights continuing challenges for migration governance and worker protection. In response, the study makes several recommendations to governments of both Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Factsheet
Beyond contagion or starvation: Giving domestic workers another way forward
05 May 2020
In the wake of COVID-19, governments around the world have called on people to take one most important action: to stay home. But for many workers, staying home has meant losing their jobs, or worse still, losing their livelihoods.
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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 Thailand
01 April 2020
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.
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TRIANGLE in ASEAN
More Choices, More Power: Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment in Labour Migration from Viet Nam
18 December 2019
The research in this report provides an analysis of the nexus of labour migration and women’s empowerment in Viet Nam. It assesses how the experiences and outcomes of migration influence and are influenced by local conditions.
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Publication
Risks and rewards: Outcomes of labour migration in South-East Asia
15 December 2017
This report assesses changes in the lives of migrant workers from before to after their migration and provides recommendations for improving outcomes within the region.
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Publication
FAIR SHARE? International recruitment in the Philippines
24 October 2017
This working paper brings together evidence on the culture and practice of fair recruitment for overseas employment in the Philippines.
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Publication
Access to justice for migrant workers in South-East Asia
28 July 2017
This report analyses access to justice for migrant workers in South-East Asia and provides recommendations for improving complaint mechanisms for labour rights abuses.