Enable employment agencies and cut down on abuse, Ciett tells UN
3 December 2013
Two senior figures from the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Ciett) will this week tell a UN forum in Geneva that creating an “enabling regulatory environment” for employment agencies can eradicate human rights abuse.
Tue, 3 Dec 2013Two senior figures from the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Ciett) will this week tell a UN forum in Geneva that creating an “enabling regulatory environment” for employment agencies can eradicate human rights abuse.
Ciett president Fred Van Haasteren and vice-president David Arkless, also chair of Manpower, will lead panel sessions and give talks at the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, running 2-4 December.
Van Haasteren says more governments should ratify the International Labour Organization’s Convention 181 on private employment agencies in order “to provide regulated, decent work for all”.
Adds Arkless: “It is crucial that we tackle the appalling and widespread issue of human trafficking, which, up until recently, was under-reported and poorly understood. We must renew our call to governments to put in place the correct regulatory environments and put an end to the atrocity of modern day slavery.”
Convention 181 is already the fourth most-ratified convention internationally from the ILO.
Ciett president Fred Van Haasteren and vice-president David Arkless, also chair of Manpower, will lead panel sessions and give talks at the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, running 2-4 December.
Van Haasteren says more governments should ratify the International Labour Organization’s Convention 181 on private employment agencies in order “to provide regulated, decent work for all”.
Adds Arkless: “It is crucial that we tackle the appalling and widespread issue of human trafficking, which, up until recently, was under-reported and poorly understood. We must renew our call to governments to put in place the correct regulatory environments and put an end to the atrocity of modern day slavery.”
Convention 181 is already the fourth most-ratified convention internationally from the ILO.
- Click for more on how UK bodies have been tackling ‘modern day slavery’ and other labour abuse.
