Pacific Regional Training on Fair Recruitment

The main objective of the course is to improve the governance of labour migration, promote and protect the rights of migrant workers and enhance migration and development linkages in Pacific. This will be achieved through enhancing the capacities of key governments and local authorities in establishing fair recruitment processes. The workshop will focus on understanding and applying international labour standards, recognizing, and combating exploitative recruitment practices, and fostering transparent, regulated, and rights-respecting recruitment mechanisms to mitigate forced labour and human trafficking risks.

OBJECTIVES

• Reviewed the relevant international labour and recruitment standards as well as the General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment and definition of recruitment fees and related costs

• Discussed the economic determinants of informal/formal recruitment and measurement of recruitment costs

• Analysed the different types of recruitment models and entities, for example, private employment agencies, public employment agencies, workers’ cooperatives and directly through accredited employers, with tripartite and bipartite supervision

• Shared good practices of laws and regulations, 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

• Explored strategies to better protect the rights of workers, including migrant workers, from abusive and fraudulent practices during the recruitment and placement process

CONTENT

The course is based on the ILO / ITCILO training toolkit on Fair Recruitment and IOM IRIS Training for Governments on Ethical Recruitment and Migrant Worker Protection

• Module 1: Why fair recruitment matters?

• Module 2: The legal and normative framework for fair recruitment

• Module 3: Public employment services and private employment agencies in a changing recruitment landscape

• Module 4: Monitoring and enforcement of recruitment regulations

• Module 5: Business and private sector engagement for promoting fair recruitment

• Module 6: The role of Labour Inspector in the fair recruitment processes

• Module 7: Gender and Fair Recruitment

NUMBER OF HOURS: 60