The IRIS Standard

The IRIS Standard is a set of global principles that define ethical recruitment, and their corresponding guidelines serve as a reference point that can help you to integrate ethical recruitment principles into your recruitment-related management systems, policies, processes, and procedures. Based on international labour and human rights instruments and developed through extensive multi-stakeholder consultation, the Standard articulates what ethical recruitment means in practice and how labour recruiters can demonstrate compliance.

The Standard consists of two overarching principles and five specific principles:

A. Respect for Laws, Fundamental Principles, and Rights at Work B. Respect for Ethical and Professional Conduct

• Prohibition of Recruitment Fees to Jobseekers

• Respect for Freedom of Movement

• Respect for Transparency of Terms and Conditions of Employment

• Respect for Confidentiality and Data Protection

• Respect for Access to Remedy.