Forced Labour: Engaging employers

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Forced Labour Engaging employers
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• The IOE
• Only recognized organization representing the
  interest of employers
• Social and labour matters
• International network of 146 national employer
  organisations from 138 countries around the world
• Advocacy, representation, coordination,
  information and advice

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• Addressed to IOE member organisations
• Raise awareness of potential issues that face
  business
• Facilitate work
• Provide tools to support their members
• Sensitize the business community
• Increase services
• Build their capacity when acting at national
  level

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• On-going work
• First attempt to clarify some of the questions -
  practical
• Draw the attention of employers and their members
• Assistance to identify and prevent
• Direction on how to engage
• Guidance on remediation actions
• Addressed to IOE member organisations

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• Defining Forced labour
• ILO C. 29
• all work or service that is exacted from any
  person under the menace of any penalty and for
  which the said person has not offered himself
  voluntarily
• Forced labour is determined by the nature of the
  relationship between a person and an employer

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• Why employers should engage?
• Supply chain management
• Complying with codes/requirements
• Reputation damage / image
• Improving productivity levels

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• How to identify situations of forced labour?
• National law and practice
• Definition at national level
• Reference to international standards (C. 29, C.
  105)

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• Preventing forced labour
• Selection of suppliers /Inform requirements
  /Monitor
• Be proactive
• Assessment of risk
• Work within the sphere of influence / policy
  development
• Contact national employers organisations
• Use of networks
• Follow best practices and examples
• Reach SMEs for them to be informed

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• Where to start?
• Get informed
• Building alliances caution required
• Planning assessment of resources cost
  efficient - benefits

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• Thank you
• Any questions and feedback
• leon_at_ioe-emp.org