During its gathering in Rome last week, the Ciett General Assembly adopted its new Code of Conduct. In a process overseen by Aart van der Gaag, Ciett’s Quality Standards and Compliance Officer of the Executive Committee, the set of rules sketching out common values to be shared among Members has been revised in order to better reflect ongoing efforts on fair recruitment at the international level.

A key driver for this reform has been indeed Ciett’s active engagement in the ILO’s Fair Recruiment Initiative and its firm endorsement of the ILO’s Convention n.181 on Private Employment Agencies.

The reach of the ten key principles expressed in the Code, lying at the basis of its first section, have been widened. They now appeal not only to Ciett members, but to private employment services in general, so as to allow practitioners in the field to identify with the Code’s values more smoothly and easily. This has also enabled a more suited approach to the specificities of the party addressed, be it a national federation or a corporate member. Furthermore, the concept of some of the principles has been enriched, as in the case of Principle 1, in which the prohibition of forced labour has been made more robust via additional language, and Principle 3 on non fee-charging.

Finally, the new Code of Conduct foresees a compliance and complaints mechanism, providing a sounder framework about responsibilities at the different levels, and outlining a clearer procedural path for complaints.

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