Fashion Revolution+Discloses Approach to Recruitment Fees

Discloses Approach to Recruitment Fees

Does the company disclose their approach to recruitment fees in the supply chain, including whether the company requires that no fees or related costs be charged to supply chain workers during recruitment processes and that the company ensures that fees or related costs paid by workers are reimbursed?

Wikirate ID: 5822218

Designer: Fashion Revolution

Metric Type: Researched

About the data

A major cause of forced labour in today’s global supply chains is the charging of recruitment fees to migrant workers. Such payments can create situations of debt bondage and leave low-wage workers vulnerable to human trafficking and further exploitation. When a company discloses information about its approach to recruitment fees being paid by workers in the supply chain it demonstrates that the company is taking steps to address and mitigate the prevalence of modern slavery.

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In this question you are being asked to identify whether the company states their approach to recruitment fees in the supply chain, such as ensuring no fees or related costs be charged to supply chain workers during recruitment processes.

Where to look for this information:
- Corporate Social Responsibility report
- In Modern Slavery Statement or California Transparency Act disclosure
- Corporate Social Responsibility report
- Company documents
- Company policies
- Company websites
- Company code of conduct
- Parent company documents (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company policies (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company websites (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company code of conduct (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)

Good keywords for your searches include:
- Recruitment
- Modern Slavery
- Forced Labour
- Bonded Labour
- Migrant workers
- Recruitment Fees
- Debt bondage
- Employer Pays Principle

Things to keep in mind:
- A good place to look for information on modern slavery might be a company's Modern Slavery Statement or a California Transparency in Supply Chains Act statement.
- This could be signing up to the Employer Pays Principle

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