In common with everyone else, we are horrified by the evolving COVID19 pandemic. We are still only in the foothills of the challenges that face us, both in r...

Fair Labour Alliance (FLA) and FSI Worldwide present at the regional Blended Learning Course 2019 on human rights, gender equality and the environment led by...

The FLA is dedicated to developing effective and innovative commercial solutions to the challenges of global labour exploitation. In November 2019, the FLA m...

The Fair Labour Alliance (FLA) and Al Jassra Security Services (AJSS) have entered into a partnership to develop practical and effective measures to drive th...

James Sinclair and Anisha Rajapakse from the Fair Labour Alliance (FLA) were invited to the inaugural Working Group Meeting on Fair Labour in public companie...

The Fair Labour Alliance reports on Sri Lanka’s national Exports Seminar. Anisha Rajapakse, Director of Stakeholder Engagement for the Fair Labour Alliance (...

The Fair Labour Alliance (FLA) is delighted to welcome Anisha Rajapakse as our new Director of Stakeholder Engagement. Anisha has 20 years of high-level expe...

AI is going to change how recruitment works, and promises to remove unconscious biases. But can AI systems really deliver this?

When the UK Modern Slavery Act (the Act) was passed in 2015 it was regarded as an innovative and important intervention in the growing legal landscape surrou...

With geographical market expansion and demanding consumers placing increasing strain on growing businesses, how can we ensure we recruit ethically for techni...

In this short article, James Sinclair reflects on the need for those of us striving for a more ethically centred form of global capitalism to admit and learn...

Highlights from ‘Less than one Percent: Low-Cost Responsible Recruitment in Qatar’s Construction Sector’ There are many reasons for companies to engage with ...

At the FLA we often refer to both “fair labour” and “ethical recruitment”. While the concepts are sometimes considered interchangeable, there are some key di...

The legal frameworks surrounding international migration for work have been transformed in the last 10 years. The ‘long arm of the law’ has got both longer a...

At the FLA we often stress the critical importance of ‘the first handshake’. By this we mean being the first link in the chain between a migrant job seeker a...

Many companies that hire migrant workers rely on the fact that their labour agent is a licensed entity with a government licence to operate. However, in many...

A good way to combat the race-to-the-bottom in recruitment practices is for companies to work together, using their collective buying-power leverage to deman...

The Fair Labour Alliance We are delighted to announce the launch of the Fair Labour Alliance (FLA). The FLA is a new initiative that seeks to drive practical...

Fair labour is fast becoming a major issue in the UAE, Middle East and Asia. Although the UAE’s total population is only 9.4million, almost one third of resi...

In 2017, 164 million individuals migrated around the world in pursuit of work opportunities.[1] This number continues to grow annually, which makes it essent...