• This guide, drafted by Liberty Shared, recognises the risks the hotel industry, and in particular hotels operating under major international brand franchises, face in regards to human rights abuses. This guide provides franchisors with an overview of the risks associated with modern slavery in relation to hotel franchise agreements and sets out practical solutions aimed at increasing the prospect that a franchisee's operations are free from these risks. Liberty Shared aims to prevent human trafficking through legal advocacy, technological interventions, and strategic collaborations with NGOs and corporations in Asia and globally.
    Credit: Liberty Shared
  • This report highlights the destructive practice of labour trafficking on temporary work visas, how the system is flawed, and the steps needed to fix it. From 2015-2017, Polaris collected data on the US temporary work visa system and identified some 800 victims of human trafficking who held temporary work visas at the time of their abuse.
    Credit: Polaris
  • This guide provides tailored advice for all businesses in Scotland in relation to human trafficking, exploitation and every business’s legal and ethical duty. Part one is relevant to all businesses; part two contains advice for businesses with an annual turnover of £36 million or more; part three contains advice for businesses with an annual turnover below £36 million.
    Credit: Scottish Government
  • This is an analysis of modern slavery statements that focuses on changes in reporting and practice in addressing forced labour and human trafficking. It covers 150 sample companies across different sectors. It seeks to understand the quality and scope of reporting against the UK Modern Slavery Act’s transparency requirements set out in s. 54 as well as the accompanying guidance on recommended content published by the Home Office.
    Credit: Ergon Associates
  • The ILO is the UN organisation responsible for setting and monitoring international labour standards. The ILO has identified eight conventions covering subjects they consider to be fundamental principles and rights at work. These are at times referred to as the core labour standards: ● Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) ● Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention,1949 (No. 98) ● Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) ● Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) ● Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) ● Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) ● Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) ● Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
    Credit: Copyright © International Labour Organization, 2002
  • The Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment calls for the implementation of the Employer Pays Principle which requires companies to commit to bearing the costs of recruitment. This short guide breaks down six steps companies should take to meet the commitment in practice.
    Credit: Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment
  • Hedging Risk by Combating Human Trafficking: Insights from the Private Sector is designed to help companies share best practices so they can mitigate their risks and help eliminate this heinous practice. In this first of a series, we highlight insights and technology-driven interventions in the hospitality, finance, and transportation industries.
    Credit: World Economic Forum
  • The Slavery and Human Trafficking Risk Template (STRT) is a free, open-source data collection template that forms the backbone of corporate modern slavery due diligence programs. It is maintained by a Development Committee committed to ensuring it keeps stride with new research and evolving industry needs. It is housed under the Social Responsibility Alliance, an initiative dedicated to providing companies with the open-source data collection tools they need to build socially responsible supply chains.
    Credit: Social Responsibility Alliance
  • The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is an alliance of companies, trade unions and NGOs that promotes workers' rights around the world. Through this guide, they share what companies can do to create the enabling conditions for the payment of living wages, in line with their commitment to the ETI Base Code. They outline their expectations of ETI members and provide guidance on winning senior executives’ support for living wages. The guidance includes practical steps for developing living wage strategies and collaborating with stakeholders to identify sustainable, scalable solutions. It also covers the vital question of how to offset the cost of increased wages, and includes the experience of ETI members.
    Credit: Ethical Trading Initiative
  • The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is an alliance of companies, trade unions and NGOs that promotes workers' rights around the world. The Base Code is founded on the ILO conventions and is an internationally recognised code of labour practice.
    Credit: Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI)
  • A Guide for Business: How to Develop a Human Rights Policy (second edition) seeks to outline why companies should respect human rights, the principal reasons for adopting a human rights policy, what key components should be included and good practice processes.
    Credit: UN Global Compact (UNGC)
     
  • The COMBAT Toolkit is designed specifically to help hotels tackle the problem of human trafficking by helping staff to identify specific signs of trafficking. It comprises reference guides with accompanying powerpoints, case studies with accompanying powerpoint for training sessions, a trainer's manual, a series of 10-minute trainers, aide memoires and example awareness-raising posters. This training manual provides an overview of the Toolkit, and is a supporting document providing guidance on setting training objectives according to participants' level of knowledge, and the time available to participants. With that in mind it emphasises the necessity to tailor your training plan accordingly with guidance on delivery (presentations and materials), questions and answers, group interaction and activities.
    Credit: COMBAT
  • The COMBAT Toolkit is designed specifically to help hotels tackle the problem of human trafficking by helping staff to identify specific signs of trafficking. It comprises reference guides with accompanying powerpoints, case studies with accompanying powerpoint for training sessions, a trainer's manual, a series of 10-minute trainers, aide memoires and example awareness-raising posters. The following links to reference guides accompanied by slides consist of what different staff members should know about trafficking; it provides the background to human trafficking, and offers practical advice on the development of policies and procedures to counteract and disrupt trafficking and support victims. It offers trainers a ‘pick and mix’ approach so that they can tailor the contents to meet the needs of their training audience.
    Credit: COMBAT
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  • The IOM is a UN organisation providing advice and services to governments and migrants. This report focuses on the migrant welfare assistance currently offered to members of the Colombo Process group in countries of destination. It reviews provisions currently in place to prevent abusive recruitment practices and includes a proposed framework for measuring the effectiveness of recruitment monitoring.
    Credit: International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
  • The International Recruitment Integrity System is a voluntary, multi-stakeholder certification system seeking to implement ethical recruitment standards. The Code of Conduct was established by IRIS as part of these efforts. There are 2 General Principles: Respect for Laws, and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Respect for Ethical and Professional Conduct It includes 5 Principles:
    • prohibition of recruitment fees to jobseekers
    • respect for freedom of movement
    • respect for transparency of terms and conditions of employment
    • respect for confidentiality and data protection
    • respect for access to remedy
    Credit: International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS)
  • The Fair Hiring Toolkit is a resource which addresses fair hiring practice and responsible recruitment of migrant workers in global supply chains. It focuses on all levels of an organisation to tailor tools and advice appropriately and is a step-by-step process of how to implement trafficking-free supply chains. This includes providing a Framework for Action for brands and suppliers, and supplying guidance for governments, advocates, investors, auditors and other stakeholders. The Frameworks offer advice on: - Improving Codes of Conduct - Raising awareness and building capacity - Strengthening assessments and social audits - Taking corrective action & developing systems improvement plans - Reporting and transparency - Engagement with other actors - Public policy
    Credit: Verite
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