Recruitment Fees
Workers shall not be required to pay recruitment and hiring-related fees to employers, agents or labor broker outside legally allowed fees. All fees charged to workers must be disclosed in advance.
1. Workers are not charged any recruitment and hiring-related fees outside the legally allowed fees.
2. The employer has a written policy declaring that workers shall only pay legally allowed fees to secure a job with the employer or with a supplier or subcontractor.
3. The job advertisements from the employer and its subcontractors and suppliers include the statement that no fees shall be charged at any phase in the recruitment and hiring process, outside the legally allowed fees.
4. The employer fully covers the cost of return transportation to the worker’s country of origin upon completion of their employment contract.
5. The employer has mechanisms to continuously monitor and ensure that workers are not charged any amount to secure and/or retain a job.
6. The employer, or subcontractors acting on its behalf, has means of informing jobseekers at the point of recruitment that workers do not pay fees or costs for any services directly related to obtaining employment.
7. The employer or receiving country recruiter has a verification process to ensure that workers are not charged any recruitment and hiring-related fees outside legally allowed fees.
8. There is a repayment mechanism if workers are found to have been charged fees outside the legally allowed fees.