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What We’re Talking About in December

Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers

Global Study on Recruitment Fees and Related Costs The International Labour Organization launched a study examining laws and policies of 90 countries to identify the efforts Member States have made to regulate or prohibit recruitment fees and costs charged to workers....

Rethinking Responsibility in Our Supply Chain

Ethical Recruitment, Migrant Workers

Labor issues are complex and deeply entrenched in recruitment malpractices. Many migrant workers are forced to pay excessive recruitment fees that keep them in debt, effectively placing them in situations of forced labor and exploitive working conditions. Last...

Ethical Recruitment Remains Elusive in Global Supply Chains: Learnings From Verité’s Remote CUMULUS Forced Labor Screen™ Platform

Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers

Despite the growing awareness of, and commitments to, ethical recruitment, an analysis of CUMULUS data from early 2019 to the present reveals that less than five percent of employers fully absorb the true cost of cross border recruitment, including all recruitment fees and related costs. Instead, those costs continue to be passed on to foreign migrant workers.

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