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8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

8.1 Research on economic growth and employment 8.1.1 Decent Work and Economic Growth: CiteScore 8.1.2 Decent Work and Economic Growth: publications 8.2 Employment practice 8.2.1 Employment practice living wage 8.2.2 Employment practice unions 8.2.3 Employment policy on discrimination 8.2.4 Employment policy modern slavery 8.2.5 Employment practice equivalent rights outsourcing 8.2.6 Employment policy pay scale equity 8.2.7 Tracking pay scale for gender equity 8.2.8 Employment practice appeal process 8.2.9 Employment practice labour rights 8.3 Expenditure per employee 8.4 Proportion of students taking work placements 8.5 Proportion of employees on secure contracts 8.6 IGU Activities on decent work and economic growth
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8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

8.2.4 Employment policy modern slavery

IGU is an institution that upholds employee rights, respects human dignity, and adopts a zero-tolerance policy toward all forms of exploitation. In this regard, IGU explicitly rejects human rights violations such as forced labor, modern slavery, human trafficking, and child labor, and develops institutional policies to prevent such practices. In its recruitment and working conditions, IGU ensures that all employees work in a fair, safe, and healthy environment based on free will. The university guarantees that all personnel—whether contracted or subcontracted—are employed in compliance with the law and are equally supported in terms of training, remuneration, and social benefits.

These principles and commitments are clearly defined in the following policy documents, revised in 2024:

• Modern Anti-Slavery and Fair Business Policy: IGU guarantees equal treatment for all academic and administrative staff, regardless of title, education level, or income. Measures are taken and actively enforced to prevent the exploitation of employees—whether by taking advantage of their material or moral needs—or any conduct that would hinder them from exercising their rights.

•Ethical Employment Policy: The university is guided by the principles of transparency and accountability in all work processes. It explicitly rejects forced labor, child labor, human trafficking, and all forms of slavery, emphasizing that such practices are incompatible with IGU’s ethical values.

• Human Rights, Rule of Law and Justice Policy: IGU is committed to respecting individuals’ fundamental rights and freedoms in compliance with national and international legislation. In this context, all employees, service providers, and outsourced personnel are included in awareness-raising programs on child protection, human trafficking, and forced labor. The university’s “prevention–protection–intervention” principles form the basis of its approach in these matters.

• Human Resources Policy: IGU adopts voluntariness as the basis of all employment processes; no employee is hired under threat, coercion, or debt bondage. Furthermore, outsourced companies providing services to the university are required to comply with the same ethical and legal standards.