The World Employment Confederation, the organization representing the staffing industry on a global basis, last week condemned the use of armed force that disrupts peace, the multilateral order and territorial integrity. 

“The private employment services industry is now focusing on how it can lend its support to people, including those displaced by the crisis,” WEC said. “The first priority of private employment agencies in the region is to support their own colleagues and agency workers, as well as their families as many attempt to flee Ukraine.”

It noted staffing firms around the world are taking several steps, including working with clients to ensure continued employment opportunities for Ukrainians who were in neighboring countries prior to the invasion. Some staffing firms are offering transport, accommodation as well as legal and psychological assistance for family members of colleagues and agency workers, the WEC noted. In addition, websites and local support centers are being put in place.

The WEC also called on European Union member states to activate the “Temporary Protection Directive” which grants war refugees with temporary protection in the EU.

In the US, GreenLight.ai announced it is extending its employer-of-record services to support and employ Ukrainian professionals wherever they are and it’s waiving fees and operating at cost. GreenLight.ai is partnering with RemoteUkraine, a nonprofit project that functions like a talent marketplace with task- or time-based work options. It’s free to post jobs, search for candidates and receive applications.

“At the heart of GreenLight.ai’s mission is passion for building technology that creates a positive and conscious impact,” said Jason Posel, CEO of GreenLight.ai, “so we jumped at the chance to partner with RemoteUkraine.”

In the UK, staffing firms such as Impellam Group and Robert Walters are asking the government to make it easier to hire those driven out by Russia’s invasion.

Jobindex, a Denmark-based job board, announced that it updated a job site that it had made a few years ago for Syrian refugees. Now jobsforukrain.dk, and enables companies to place job ads for Ukrainians.

Meanwhile, Upwork Inc. announced last week that it was suspending Russian operations and payroll processing firm ADP recently announced that it has suspended all new sales of ADP services in Russia.

“We are deeply saddened by the escalating crisis in Ukraine and stand with our global community in calling for an end to the violence,” according to a statement by ADP. “We support humanitarian aid efforts providing critical relief to the people of Ukraine, and to date, we have provided nearly $1.5 million through donations from the ADP Foundation and our own associates to UNICEF USA, International Rescue Committee, International Medical Corps and US Association for UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency).”

A number of companies outside the ecosystem, such as Apple, have suspended business in Russia as well. Here’s a list by Forbes of firms cutting ties with Russia.

Survey results released March 11 by Gartner found that 60% of US consumers believe brands should reconsider doing business in Russia. The survey included 281 consumers and took place in the US between Feb. 25 and March 1.