Licensing of Private Employment Agencies

Date Shared:

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - 13:15

Countries and areas:

Nigeria

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth - 8.8 on labor rights for migrant workers

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work

Contributors:

Member States

Chairmanship:

Sweden 2013-2014

Geographical Relevance:

National

Tags:

Trafficking and Human Smuggling

Summary:

The Ministry of Labour and Productivity invoked the provision of the Labour Act of Nigeria in 2006 to begin the registration of private employment agencies. Conditions for registration as private employment agencies were made stringent enough to discourage fraudulent companies from engaging in job matching and labour contracting both domestically and internationally.

Link:

For more information:

https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---ilo_aids/documents/legaldocument/wcms_127565.pdf

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2013-2014 - Thematic Meeting 2 "Labour Migration and Diaspora: Improving Labour Market Complementarities and Economic Development Outcomes"