Know Your Rights

Resource library

Plain-language explanations of the topics that matter most before you pay, sign, or travel for a job abroad. This is general information, not country-specific legal advice.

Recruitment

Recruitment fees

What recruiters can legitimately ask you to pay, and how fees are used to create debt and control.

Employment contracts

The written contract, not verbal promises, is what actually protects you.

Debt and recruitment

How debt is used as a tool of control, and how to protect yourself from debt bondage.

Wages and deductions

Understanding what can legally be taken out of your pay, and what cannot.

Working hours

What reasonable working hours look like, and how excessive hours can signal forced labor.

Passports and identity documents

Your passport belongs to you. Confiscation is one of the clearest warning signs of exploitation.

Forced labor

Recognizing when work stops being voluntary.

Human trafficking

The difference between smuggling, exploitative work, and trafficking, and why the distinction matters.

Sexual exploitation

When a job offer is used to coerce a person into sexual exploitation.

Abuse and threats

Physical, psychological, and financial abuse in an employment relationship.

How to preserve evidence

Simple, safe habits that can matter a great deal later, without putting yourself at greater risk.

How to seek help

Where to turn, depending on what you are experiencing right now.