Financial and Contractual Approaches to Mitigating Migrant Worker Recruitment-Related Risks

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Migrant Workers, Recruitment, Southeast Asia

A growing number of multinational corporations and their suppliers have begun to adopt “Employer Pays” recruitment policies. The purpose of this white paper from Verité is to identify, map, and assess the impact and potential application of contract clauses, ethical recruitment bonds, and insurance policies for promoting sustained compliance with key migrant worker standards, while mitigating financial risk to employers.