Fees and IDs: Tackling recruitment fees and confiscation of workers' passports Institute for Human Rights and Business
- Document number
- 3040
- Date
- 2013
- Title
- Fees and IDs: Tackling recruitment fees and confiscation of workers' passports Institute for Human Rights and Business
- Author/publisher
- Institute for Human Rights and Business
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, International Law, Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- human rights; migration; exploitation; forced labour
- Summary
This brief report has been prepared following an expert meeting on the subject of addressing human trafficking and forced labour in business relationships in the context of supply chains convened by the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB). This report focuses on two abusive employment and recruitment practices which are known to cause or contribute to forced labour exploitation: recruitment fees charged to migrant workers and confiscating of workers' passports or other identity documents by employers.It is based on desk-research and information gathered from meeting participants.