Business and Migration Roundtable for Collective Action: Strengthening migrant workers protection in the supply chain
- Petsa
2010-03-24
- Buod
The Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) and the International Business Leader Forum (IBLF) held a routable discussion about the migration issues from different stakeholders. The roundtables aim to raise the debate on the role of private sector within migration in key sending and receiving countries, promote collective action on specific issues related to the protection of migrants’ rights which fall within companies’ spheres of influence, identify entry points for dialogue between business and government on related policy matters. The topics that brought in the roundtable discussion were exploring areas of risk to migrant workers in the recruitment process in both sending and receiving countries. Identifying common issues that migrant workers are facing in company supply chains. Identifying appropriate risk mitigation strategies in order to improve the protection of migration workers within the supply chain, explore cases of good recruitment practice by brands, suppliers and labor providers, possible ways for collective action in reducing abusive recruitment and employment practices in supply chain in South and South East Asia.
- Responsable institusyon
The Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), the International Business Leader Forum (IBLF) , and Ethical Trading Initiative
- Lugar ng publikasyon
London, UK
- Connections
- Mga Keyword
Roundtable Discussion
- Pang-ekonomiyang sektor
General relevance - all sectors
- Mga Uri ng Nilalaman
Policy analysis, Suporta ng mga hakbangin, and Statistics on work and life conditions
- Target na mga grupo
Manggagawa (im) migrante, Mambabatas, Employer at recruitment ahensya, Mananaliksik, and NGO / komunidad group / network ng pagkakaisa
- Geographical kaugnayan
Asya, Tsina, Pilipinas, Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Regional relevance
- Spheres ng aktibidad
Human Resource Management
- Wika
Ingles