Fair Labour AllianceJun 16, 20201 minStatement on George Floyd and Black Lives Matter Three weeks ago George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, who has since been sacked and charged with murder. The horrific...
Fair Labour AllianceApr 1, 20202 minStatement on COVID19In common with everyone else, we are horrified by the evolving COVID19 pandemic. We are still only in the foothills of the challenges...
Fair Labour AllianceDec 13, 20192 minThe FLA and FSI Worldwide present at the regional Blended Learning Course 2019 on Human Rights APACFair Labour Alliance (FLA) and FSI Worldwide present at the regional Blended Learning Course 2019 on human rights, gender equality and...
Fair Labour AllianceNov 19, 20192 minThe Fair Labour Alliance Strengthens its Mandate in AsiaThe FLA is dedicated to developing effective and innovative commercial solutions to the challenges of global labour exploitation. In...
Fair Labour AllianceSep 27, 20192 minAl Jassra Security Services - First Qatari company to become a member of the Fair Labour AllianceThe Fair Labour Alliance (FLA) and Al Jassra Security Services (AJSS) have entered into a partnership to develop practical and effective...
Fair Labour AllianceSep 13, 20192 minThe FLA participates at the ILO/Ministry of Labour Working Group on Fair Recruitment in QatarJames Sinclair and Anisha Rajapakse from the Fair Labour Alliance (FLA) were invited to the inaugural Working Group Meeting on Fair...
Fair Labour AllianceSep 5, 20192 minSri Lanka’s National Exports Seminar: FLA ReportThe Fair Labour Alliance reports on Sri Lanka’s national Exports Seminar. Anisha Rajapakse, Director of Stakeholder Engagement for the...
Fair Labour AllianceAug 12, 20191 minAnisha Rajapakse joins the FLAThe Fair Labour Alliance (FLA) is delighted to welcome Anisha Rajapakse as our new Director of Stakeholder Engagement. Anisha has 20...
Fair Labour AllianceAug 7, 20194 minArtificial Intelligence and the Ethics of RecruitmentAI is going to change how recruitment works, and promises to remove unconscious biases. But can AI systems really deliver this?
Fair Labour AllianceJul 16, 20195 minReviewing the UK Modern Slavery Act When the UK Modern Slavery Act (the Act) was passed in 2015 it was regarded as an innovative and important intervention in the growing...
Fair Labour AllianceJul 12, 20193 minThe Four Ethical Challenges in Technical Recruitment With geographical market expansion and demanding consumers placing increasing strain on growing businesses, how can we ensure we recruit...
Fair Labour AllianceJun 29, 20192 minThe Importance of FailureIn this short article, James Sinclair reflects on the need for those of us striving for a more ethically centred form of global...
Fair Labour AllianceJun 26, 20193 minThe Business Case for Ethical Recruitment and Fair LabourHighlights from ‘Less than one Percent: Low-Cost Responsible Recruitment in Qatar’s Construction Sector’ There are many reasons for...
Fair Labour AllianceJun 25, 20192 minWhat is Fair Labour and How Does it Differ from Ethical Recruitment?At the FLA we often refer to both “fair labour” and “ethical recruitment”. While the concepts are sometimes considered interchangeable,...
Fair Labour AllianceJun 16, 20193 minLegal Risks of Unethical Recruitment The legal frameworks surrounding international migration for work have been transformed in the last 10 years. The ‘long arm of the law’...
Fair Labour AllianceJun 16, 20192 minThe First HandshakeAt 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...
Fair Labour AllianceJun 10, 20193 minKnow Your Agents…And Their AgentsMany companies that hire migrant workers rely on the fact that their labour agent is a licensed entity with a government licence to...
Fair Labour AllianceJun 4, 20192 minThe Power Of Collective ActionA good way to combat the race-to-the-bottom in recruitment practices is for companies to work together, using their collective...
Fair Labour AllianceJun 3, 20192 minIntroducing the Fair Labour AllianceThe Fair Labour Alliance We are delighted to announce the launch of the Fair Labour Alliance (FLA). The FLA is a new initiative that...
Fair Labour AllianceJun 1, 20193 min5 Reasons to Recruit More EthicallyFair labour is fast becoming a major issue in the UAE, Middle East and Asia. Although the UAE’s total population is only 9.4million,...
