Establishing Fair Recruitment Processes

The course, based on the ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative Strategy, is a direct answer to the acknowledged need to reinforce the capacities of the ILO constituents and other key actors, in particular, within the context of exacerbated challenges created by crisis situations. Thus, the ILO plays its role in providing capacity building and technical assistance to its constituents in promoting fair recruitment and ensuring that recruitment and placement services respect workers’ fundamental principles and rights, including those of migrant workers. The course is direct implementation of Pillar 1 and more specifically Target 1.4 of the ILO’s Fair Recruitment Initiative Strategy (2021-25)“Training and capacity building is effectively delivered in cooperation with ITC-ILO, and materials developed, adapted and updated to address their emerging needs”.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course, participants are able to:

1. Appreciate the relevant international labour standards as well as the General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment and definition of recruitment fees and related costs;

2. Understand the economic determinants of informal/formal recruitment and measurement of recruitment costs;

3. Analyse alternative options to private employment agencies, including via public employment agencies, workers’ cooperatives and directly through accredited employers, with tripartite and bipartite supervision;

4. Share good practices of laws, policies and enforcement mechanisms, including a compilation of regulatory and enforcement models that have demonstrated a measurable impact in reducing human trafficking and irregular migration;

5. Understand the needs to protect the rights of workers, including migrant workers, from abusive and fraudulent practices during the recruitment and placement process.

CONTENT

The course tackles the following topics:

1. International binding and non-binding instruments promoting Fair recruitment (including the General principles and operational guidelines)

2. Policies and enforcement to promote fair recruitment

3. Legislation to regulate recruitment, including licensing and monitoring mechanisms, complaints mechanism and effective access to remedies

4. Recruitment regulation in practice

5. Monitoring and Enforcement of Recruitment Regulations and access to justice

6. Trade Union and NGO actions in support of Fair Recruitment

7. The different recruitment processes including recruitment through private and public agencies and bilateral labour agreements

8. Fair Recruitment at the sector level

9. Experiences on ensuring compliance, including certification and social auditing

10. The impact of fair recruitment on the global supply chain

11. Recruitment fees and other related costs

12. Fair Business practices and the actions taken by employers

13. The role of the labour inspection in promoting fair recruitment processes

14. Gender and Fair Recruitment practices

ACHIEVEMENT

1. Complete the 5 weekly assignments

2. Participate to the residential phase in Mexico City

3. Analyse specific case study by groups

4. Draft an individual essay or present a national or regional good practice on fair recruitment

NUMBER OF HOURS: 60 hours and final assignment