Publications on fair recruitment

2022

  1. Executive summary - Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers in an Irregular Situation and Addressing Irregular Labour Migration: A Compendium

    21 April 2022

    The original report was published on 23 December 2021 and updated in April 2022.

  2. Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers in an Irregular Situation and Addressing Irregular Labour Migration: A Compendium

    15 April 2022

    The Compendium presents the situations that can lead migrant workers into irregularity, the rights of migrant workers in irregular situations, and the relevant international standards and good practice. It highlights laws, policies and practices that can help address irregular labour migration, and facilitate respect and promotion of the human rights of all migrant workers, regardless of status”. The Compendium is not intended to be exhaustive but is instead a living document that will be regularly updated with new examples and experiences. It seeks to encourage the sharing of good practices by states, social partners, and other actors concerned and to contribute to the attainment of the objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular migration. The original report was published on 23 December 2021 and updated in April 2022.

  3. 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.

  4. Compendium of promising practices to advance fair recruitment of (migrant) workers: 5 years of the Fair Recruitment Initiative

    29 March 2022

    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 of Promisnig Practices

  5. Agenda - Regional launch of the Fair recruitment Initiative (Phase II, 2021-2025) - Africa Region

    24 March 2022

  6. Establishment of the National Union of Malagasy Domestic Workers (SENAMAMA)

    23 March 2022

    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).

2021

  1. Use of digital technology in the recruitment of migrant workers

    13 December 2021

    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.

  2. Locked down and in limbo: The global impact of COVID-19 on migrant worker rights and recruitment

    22 November 2021

    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.

  3. Technical study on the “Challenges faced by Egyptian workers abroad in terms of access to social protection services, taking into account the impact of COVID-19”

    18 October 2021

  4. Reporting on forced labour and fair recruitment: An ILO toolkit for journalists in Uzbekistan

    12 October 2021

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