Guide to eliminating worker paid recruitment fees and related costs (third edition): A practical step-by-step guide for retailers, brands, employers and labour providers in global supply chains

There are costs associated with providing the range of services integral to recruiting workers, including advertising and sourcing workers, processing applications, interviewing, worker documentation, skills assessment, placement, orientation, transportation – within or across borders – to the place of work and training on arrival. These costs are often passed on to jobseekers and workers, including through hidden fees and services, for example:
– Exploitative mark-ups paid to various agents, brokers and middlemen involved in the recruitment process;
– Fees for so-called optional services, which are in fact integral to the recruitment process or where workers are misled or coerced into taking out such services (e.g. health insurance and translation services);
– Security deposits or bonds, which act as ‘runaway insurance’.

Guide to eliminating worker paid recruitment fees and related costs (third edition): A practical step-by-step guide for retailers, brands, employers and labour providers in global supply chains - The Responsible Recruitment Toolkit, November 2019 DOWNLOAD

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