• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
SAI

SAI

Advancing Human Rights at Work

Show Search
  • Support SAI
  • Our Team
  • SAAS Document Library
  • SA8000 Accredited CBs
  • List of SA8000 Certified Organizations
  • Consultant Registry
  • Newsletter Archive
  • SA8000 Resources
  • SAAS Documents

International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS)


UN migration logo

A program of the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).

About IRIS

The International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS) is a social compliance scheme designed to promote ethical international recruitment. It was created by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with a consortium of partners, including SAI. IRIS works by defining and setting a benchmark for ethical recruitment (the IRIS Standard), and through establishing a voluntary certification scheme for legal private labor recruitment agencies, and a compliance and monitoring mechanism.

The goal of IRIS is to transform the international recruitment industry to make it fair for workers, recruiters, and employers. It does this by:

  • Promoting the Employer Pays Principle
  • Promoting greater transparency within international recruitment
  • Promoting the rights of migrant workers

IRIS & SAI

As a global leader in evaluating and accrediting social accountability auditing organizations, SAAS (a division of SAI) is working with the IOM to develop and implement the monitoring scheme for IRIS certification.

Learn More

Visit the IRIS website to learn more about the Standard and find out how you can get started.

IRIS Website

Certification

Visit the IRIS Certification Portal to learn more about the certification process.

Go Now

Ethical Recruitment Training

Take the Online Training

An online training course, Introduction to the International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS), is now publicly available on the IOM’s e-Campus Training Platform (under Labour Migration and Development Courses). The course takes approximately one hour to complete and provides a general overview of ethical recruitment, the IRIS Standard, and the certification process. While it was designed primarily for labor recruiters, the course is relevant for anyone seeking more information on ethical recruitment and IRIS. Currently, the course is only available in English.

IRIS Website

IRIS Ethical Recruitment Auditor Training Course

This course prepares auditors to audit the International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS) Standard and helps all interested stakeholders gain a deeper understanding of how to implement ethical recruitment principles in the context of international migration.  

Learn More

Ethical Recruitment Resources

report cover best practive guidance for ethical recruitment

Best Practice Guidance on Ethical Recruitment of Migrant Workers

This publication highlights steps that leading companie…


Related Links

photo of man in forklift in factory

SA8000® Standard

SA8000® Standard About SA8000 The SA8000 Standard is th…

photo of machinery surrounded by palm trees

Palma Futuro

Palma Futuro Toward an ethical global palm oil industry…

Palm worker loads oil palm crops into truck

MY Voice Project

Project to Combat Forced Labor and Child Labor in the P…

Footer

Subscribe to the SAI Newsletter

Sign up to receive updates on SAI programs and events to your inbox.

Sign Up

Top Links

  • SA8000 Standard
  • SAI Training
  • Living Wage
  • Social Fingerprint
  • TenSquared

External Links

  • SAI Training Center
  • SAI Database

Contact Us

Email: info@sa-intl.org
Phone: +1 (212) 684-1414

NYC Headquarters
9 East 37th Street; 10th Floor
New York, NY 10016
United States of America

  • LinkedIn

Copyright © 2025 · Social Accountability International

  • English (英语)
  • Italiano (意大利语)
  • Español (西班牙语)
  • 简体中文

通知