Advocacy · July 5, 2024
Shared Responsibility — practical collaboration to mitigate and remediate recruitment fees
Ensuring that employers, rather than workers, cover recruitment fees helps prevent exploitation and financial burdens on workers, who might otherwise incur debt or pay exorbitant fees to secure employment.
Under the Employer Pays Principle, the cost of recruitment is borne by the employer rather than the worker. Ensuring that employers cover recruitment fees helps prevent exploitation and the financial burden on workers, who might otherwise incur debt or pay exorbitant fees to secure employment.