Business: It’s time to act – decent work, modern slavery & child labour

Decent work cannot exist where modern slavery and child labour persist. Forced labour, modern slavery and child labour are complex problems associated with poverty, governance failures and inequalities in the global labour market. Tackling them requires a massive international effort, involving Governments, businesses, civil society organizations, trade unions and international bodies. This brief guide, developed as part of the Decent Work in Global Supply Chains Action Platform, offers a quick overview of the steps businesses can take to help eliminate modern slavery, while highlighting key resources, initiatives and engagement opportunities to support business action.

Business: It's time to act - decent work, modern slavery & child labour - United Nations Global Compact, 2018 DOWNLOAD

An Ethical Framework for Cross-Border Labor Recruitment: An Industry/Stakeholder Collaboration to Reduce the Risks of Forced Labor and Human Trafficking – Verite and Manpower Group, 2012

GuidanceStandards & Codes of ConductPublications

The Ethical Framework for Cross Border Labor Recruitment offers a set of specific operational practices (“Standards of Ethical Practice”) for recruitment firms that operate across borders. These practices are reinforced by a Verification and Cer...Read More

TAGS: Recruitment

Recruitment Practices and Migrant Labor Conditions in Nestlé’s Thai Shrimp Supply Chain

Guidance

Seeking to better understand the risks of forced labour and human trafficking in the Thai seafood industry, Nestlé contracted Verité to conduct a focused investigation of six production sites in Thailand—three shrimp farms (one in Maha...Read More

TAGS: Aquaculture & Fishing Domestic Work/ Servitude Asia

Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy

GuidanceGood Practices

The MNE Declaration is the only ILO instrument that provides direct guidance to enterprises on social policy and inclusive, responsible and sustainable workplace practices. It is the only global instrument in this area that was elaborated and adopte...Read More

TAGS: Due Diligence Global

Addressing modern slavery in long and complex supply chains. Assessing understandings of effective supply chain governance

GuidanceStandards & Codes of Conduct

This is a summary of the report: Assessing understandings of effective supply chain governance , a Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (the Modern Slavery PEC) research project, funded by the UK Artsand Humanities Research Cou...Read More

TAGS: Sourcing or Production Due Diligence