This document provides practical guidance for the hospitality industry on how to ethically recruit international migrant workers within business enterprise operations and supply chains. It has been developed by IOM in partnership with the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance.

This guidance aligns with ethical recruitment principles from IOM’s IRIS Ethical Recruitment initiative and the IRIS Standard, which is a global, multi-stakeholder standard that defines and establishes an operational benchmark for ethical recruitment. It is also closely aligned with the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance’s Principles on Forced Labour: (a) every worker should have freedom of movement; (b) no worker should pay for a job; and (c) no worker should be indebted or forced to work.

This guidance is global in nature and designed primarily for hotels. It is applicable to both multinational enterprises and small- and medium-sized enterprises. It can also serve as a resource for other tourism-related industries, as the principles of ethical recruitment are universal.

Guidance Notes and Tools:

Guidance Note A: Establishing Ethical Recruitment Practices in the Hospitality Industry

Guidance Note B: Building the knowledge and capacity of hotels to implement ethical recruitment

Guidance Note C: Working with civil society and including migrant worker voice

Tool 1: Working with labour recruiters and employment agencies

Tool 2: Interviewing migrant workers about their recruitment and employment experiences

Tool 3: Incorporating ethical recruitment into procurement practices

Tool 4: Access to remedy and business grievance mechanisms

Tool 5: Frequently asked questions about migrant workers and recruitment

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