The Impact of the New UK Immigration System on Human Trafficking into the UK

This paper explains how the immigration system opens up the potential for human trafficking and exploitation of individuals on a massive scale globally, orchestrated by organised crime gangs, criminals, scammers, profiteers and unscrupulous employers.

Workforce recruitment and labour supply

Produced by ALP in partnership with the UK Home Office, this guide provides specific, practical guidance for all UK recruiters, HR professionals and employers on actions that must and should be taken in respect of their existing workforce and future recruits in response to changes to the UK Immigration system.

Working in the UK

A short open source, animated video particularly for use by labour providers and employers to use in inductions for workers in the UK, explaining how to avoid problems, their rights at work, and where and how to report issues, in four sections covering: Before work during recruitment; Getting the correct pay; Staying safe and well at work; Key rights at work.

Just Good Work

Just Good Work is a free interactive mobile app, giving job-seekers and workers critical information and advice for everything needed on the journey to work, from recruitment, to employment and life in a new destination, to moving on or returning home.

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