New recruitment guidance launched to mark 10 years of Fair Recruitment Initiative

GENEVA (ILO News) - The ILO’s Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI) is marking its 10th anniversary with three new publications that highlight the advances made in establishing fair recruitment practices, as well as offering guidance for further progress.

The FRI was launched in 2014 as part of the ILO Director-General’s call for a Fair Migration Agenda. It aims to ensure that recruitment practices, nationally and internationally, are based on labour standards, social dialogue and respect gender equality. 

The second edition of the Global study on recruitment fees and related costs reflects the expansion of the FRI’s geographic coverage, from 90 to 110 countries, since the first report was issued five years ago. These countries now regulate or prohibit recruitment fees and costs from being charged to workers. The global study also includes an overview of current regulation, policies and practices relating to recruitment. 

Advancing social justice begins with fair recruitment and decent work for all.

ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo.

In addition, the FRI has published a Fair recruitment Roadmap: A guide for national action. The roadmap offers practical guidance and examples of practices that can help governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations implement and enforce fair recruitment practices at national level.

A new 20-page brochure, Recruitment fees and related costs at a glance, has also been made available. The brochure contains data and trends about recruitment fees and related costs, gender-disaggregated where possible. It also highlights some key stakeholder initiatives, including details of their impact. 

“Advancing social justice begins with fair recruitment and decent work for all,” said ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo. “The ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative, which marks its 10th anniversary, ensures that recruitment practices, within and across borders, are grounded in labour standards”.