Achieving fair and ethical recruitment: Improving regulation and enforcement in the ASEAN region

This course focuses on Licensing of Private Recruiters and Monitoring and Enforcement of Recruitment Regulations. OBJECTIVES More specifically, the Course aimed to: • enhance familiarity of officials responsible for regulating recruitment with ILO’s General Guidelines and Operational Principles for Fair Recruitment and Definition of Recruitment Fees and Costs; • impart good practices and have an exchange of views with respect enforcing regulations and monitoring/inspecting compliance, the requirements for licensing recruiters, the acts that laws prohibit, and the sanctions they impose for violations; and effective complaints mechanisms; • discuss the development of regional guidelines with respect to monitoring recruitment processes; establishing effective inspection; and acting on complaints. CONTENT The course is comprised of 3 modules: Module 1: Introduction to the ILO Fair Recruitment Guidelines; and Licensing of private recruiters • ILO Fair Recruitment General Principles and Operational Guidelines including definition of recruitment fees and related costs • General policy on private sector participation in recruitment • Qualification requirements, their objectives and rationale; • Financial guarantee requirements • Foreign participation • Examples of good practice, “carrots and stick” approach Module 2: Monitoring recruitment processes and establishing effective inspection • Monitoring, inspections and other information sources • Inspectorate : dedicated personnel, training, SOPs • Prohibited acts and recruitment practices • Regulatory powers/sanctions • Prospects for digitization Module 3: Acting on Complaints • Complaints mechanisms and procedures • Support services • Case studies • Legislative mechanisms for prosecuting unfair recruiters