Launch of the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment

IHRB is pleased to invite you to the launch of the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment. A collaboration between five leading global companies and expert organisations, the Leadership Group will work towards a new business model in migrant worker recruitment.

The companies in the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment have committed to adopting the ‘Employer Pays’ Principle – that the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer. 

Please join us on May 4th in London, where members of the Leadership Group and other speakers will discuss:

• Why they have committed to abolishing worker fees  from their supply chains 
• How they will be changing their business models to implement this commitment  
• What they will be doing to push for similar commitments from other companies

Speakers:  

Register here.

Member companies: The Coca-Cola Company, HP Inc., IKEA, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and Unilever. 

Non-corporate expert members: Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Verité.

A major cause of modern slavery in today’s global supply chains is the charging of recruitment fees to migrant workers. Leadership by companies and governments is essential to eradicate worker fees and ensure migrant workers are protected from exploitation. 

Committing to the Employer Pays Principle is a very significant step in the context of company requirements under the UK Modern Slavery Act and US legislation around forced labour and trafficking, as well as meeting responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

For more information about the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment or the launch event, please contact [email protected]

IHRB would like to thank Humanity United and GE Foundation for their generous support of this initiative.