Fair’s Fair

Fair’s Fair is an awareness and education programme to support the commercially sustainable procurement of agency labour so that workers never pay the price of poor purchasing practice.

Due Diligence to Ensure Labour Provider Good Practice

Support for UK labour providers, and their clients, to undertake comprehensive and effective due diligence to safeguard your business and those who work within it.

Charge Rate Guidance April 2022

This guide, effective from April 2022, should be used to support calculation of sustainable charge rates by labour providers which include all of the statutory costs of employment required in the UK.

ALP Response to IASC ‘Operation Fort – Addressing the Underlying Causes’

ALP’s response to the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s recommendations to support ethical businesses to embed human rights due diligence into the DNA of their organisation and supply chain – so that worker exploitation is minimised wherever possible and remediated where identified.

Addressing Food Industry Labour Shortages

Labour supply in the UK has been tightening for a number of years. A challenging environment is now tipping into crisis with both labour providers and employers agreeing that the food industry will not have access to the labour it needs this year or in the foreseeable future.  This paper examines the causes and suggests actions to address.

Fair recruitment videos

Series of videos on fair recruitment:

The ILO General Principles for Fair Recruitment (short version)

The ILO General Principles for Fair Recruitment (long version)

Guildelines for fair recruitment of migrant labour - Governments

Guildelines for fair recruitment of migrant labour - Entreprises

The role and responsibilities of trade unions

Fair recruitment matters

Definition of recruitment fees and related costs

This video outlines the definition of recruitment fees and related costs, adopted by a Tripartite Meeting of Experts, held in Geneva in November 2018. The definition recognizes the principle that workers shall not be charged directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any fees or related costs for their recruitment. This comprehensive definition is guided by international labour standards and should be read together with the General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment.

CIERTO Mexico - Fair recruitment practice adapted to COVID-19

CIERTO’s recruitment policy is aligned to ILO’s General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment (GPOG) and puts emphasis on: a) promotion of employer paid recruitment; b) a shared responsibility approach in the labour supply chain to ensure adequate protection of migrant workers; c) Strengthening communities of origin’s knowledge on fair recruitment by developing third-party independent, human rights based monitoring of recruitment within communities of origin. They also train workers on how complaint mechanisms work with their employer, assist them in filing a complaint if necessary, and intervene only when a complaint does not receive a timely resolution. A third-party independent monitoring actor supervises CIERTO’s work in communities of origin (mostly so that no recruitment fees are charged). They also visit employers at destination to ensure that CIERTO’s description of workplace conditions is accurate, and they conduct worker’s surveys upon return to document any potential abuse either by the recruiter (CIERTO) or by the employer.
 

Ensuring Fair recruitment, what the ILO has achieved, an infostory

A recruitment process is only fair when carried out within the law and in line with the International Labour Standards, but most importantly when it respects human rights.

Building on ILO’s extensive experience in improving labour migration and preventing forced labour, the Fair Recruitment Initiative was launched in 2014 to protect workers from abuse and exploitation, while also responding to labour market needs.

As the ILO launches the second phase of the Fair Recruitment Initiative, we look at how it has reformed recruitment laws and practices around the world, and has improved workers’ lives.