13/08/2020 Migration News Renewing Call for Role of Business in Preventing Labour Rights Abuses 8) Companies should encourage governments to include migrant workers in any and all social safety net schemes. 9) When contracts are terminated, companies should observe their obligations regarding notice periods, the payment of wages, compensation and end-of-service benefits. 10) Companies must continue to provide food and accommodation for laid off migrant workers in cases where immediate repatriations are not possible. Companies should also cover the costs of return flights should workers wish to leave. 11) Companies should take into account the consequences of lay-offs and other employment measures on the visa status of their migrant workers and facilitate the transfer of workers to other employers in cases where this is possible, without withholding entitlements or levying any penalties. 12) During the recovery period, companies should prioritize reinstating repatriated workers who lost their jobs due to the pandemic before carrying out any new recruitment. 13) Companies should cooperate with the national claims commission when investigating cases of wage theft and should open itself to investigation. 14) As an expression of solidarity and social responsibility, companies could make monetary contributions to a compensation fund. Money from the fund would be used to compensate migrant workers who are victims of wage theft. Migrationnewsbd.com/ob Share 13 MAIN NEWS LATEST POPULAR 21:14 Renewing Call for Role of Business in Preventing Labour Rights Abuses 14:01 IOM Study Finds 70pc of Returnees in Bangladesh Struggling to Find Job 15:48 UN Agencies Mourn Death of 27 People off West African Coast 18:12 Experts for Making Post COVID Recruitment System Transparent 12:44 Bangladesh Sending Medical Team to Lebanon as 4 Citizens Dead, 100 Injured in Explosion 16:37 Sheikh Kamal Remembered as Enlightened Youth Leader 13:29 Can Anti-Trafficking Measures Stop Trafficking? https://www.migrationnewsbd.com/news/view/32349/49/Renewing-Call-for-Role-of-Business-in-Preventing-Labour-Rights-Abuses 4/7