Publications on fair recruitment

Publications on Fair recruitment

  1. Rapid Assessment: The impact of COVID-19 on labour migration governance, recruitment practices and migrant workers in Pakistan

    16 April 2021

    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 interviews and discussions with migrant workers, regulatory bodies, relevant stakeholders and facilitators of migration processes.

  2. Promising practices for fair recruitment: Raising Pakistani migrant worker’s awareness of their right to fair recruitment

    07 April 2021

    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).

  3. Information booklet for Pakistani migrant workers

    10 December 2020

    This booklet provides information on safe migration and fair recruitment to migrant workers departing from Pakistan. It contains information to ensure they are aware of their rights and responsibilities, potential work environment and related challenges, and support mechanisms to protect them against exploitation and deception.

  4. Training Handbook for Briefing Officers on providing effective pre-departure orientation to migrant workers

    10 December 2020

    This Training Handbook is for Briefing Officers at the Protectorate of Emigrants Offices (Pakistan) who are mandated to provide pre-departure orientation to migrant workers with the aim to prepare them for safe migration to countries of destination, make them aware of their rights, responsibilities, working conditions, potential challenges, support services/grievance mechanisms to seek justice in case of exploitation and deception.

  5. Infographic: International labour migration trends from Pakistan

    18 November 2020

  6. Infographic: Female labour migration from Pakistan

    18 November 2020

  7. Infographic: Business practices of Pakistani recruitment agencies and the role of intermediaries in foreign employment

    18 November 2020

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

    24 September 2020

    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.

  9. Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for journalists in Pakistan

    31 August 2020

    This toolkit was created to help journalists in Pakistan report on fair recruitment and forced labour.

  10. Fair recruitment country brief: Pakistan

    07 April 2020

    This brief provides an overview of fair recruitment challenges and opportunities in Pakistan, and priorities for action for the REFRAME project.