On 15 May, a Regional Roundtable on Driving Responsible Recruitment in Asia, at Novotel Yangon was organised by MCRB, together with its co-founder, the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)’s Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) (which brings together the CEOs and senior management of some 400 retailers, manufacturers, service providers, and other stakeholders across 70 countries) the multistakeholder Responsible Labor Initiative, and the International Tourism Partnership. Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/ethical-recruitment-migrant-workers.html

1. The Consumer
Goods Forum
Industry Efforts for Sustainable
Value Chains

2. 2
CGF Board
Olaf KOCH
Retailer College
Ian COOK
Manufacturer College

3. 3
Social Sustainability Committee | SSC
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4. 4
Priority Issues Identified
#1 – Passport/ valuable
possession retention
#2 – Recruitment practices (fees | migrant…)
#3 – Wages (Unpaid / intermittent / under payment)

5. 5
Priority Industry Principles
Forced labour is an unacceptable human rights violation
that can take multiple forms, and must be addressed.
While certain employment and recruitment practices
may not initially appear problematic, in aggregate or
combined with other forms of leverage, they can result
in forced labour, particularly among vulnerable workers.
We will take active measures to apply these Principles
across our global value chains and own operations, to
cases where such practices may lead to forced labour.
We will seek to apply these Principles to all workers
regardless of their employment status, location,
contractual arrangements or role. We will do this as
part of our collective journey to advance the human
rights of workers and positively shape global labour
markets.
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The ability of workers to move freely should not
be restricted by their employer through abuse,
threats and practices such as retention of
passport and valuable possessions.
Fees and costs associated with
recruitment and employment
should be paid by the employer,
not the employee.
Workers should work freely, aware
of the terms and conditions of
their work in advance, and paid
regularly as agreed.

6. 6
Engaging all relevant actors
Working with
Businesses
Working with Institutions
/ Governments

7. 7
Understand the journey of a migrant worker
Country of Origin Country of Destination
Private
Employment Agencies
EmployerSub-agents
Hiring
Interpret
Birth Certificate
Interview skill set
Medical Examination
Private Recruitment
Agencies
Orientation
Transportation
Medical Examination
Clearance
Bank Fees
Bonds / Deposits
Private Recruitment
Agencies

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2019 | Events on Responsible Recruitment
Southeast Asian Roundtables on Responsible Recruitment
Myanmar | Vietnam | Malaysia 2019
CGF Japan Social
Sustainability Workshop
02/2019
CGF Vancouver CEO Summit
06/2019 Global Forum on Responsible Recruitment
Thailand | 07/2019

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What power do we have?
400 CGF member companies
Members employ 10 million workers
Working with an estimated 3 million suppliers
Suppliers may employ an estimated 1 billion workers