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2021

  1. Greater labour force resilience and stronger partnerships among key successes of Barbados Employability Project

    01 February 2021

    ILO-supported initiative prepares workers affected by pandemic to re-enter job market

  2. Social Dialogue remains vital to build sustainable recovery from COVID-19

    01 February 2021

    A new report by the Bureau for Workers' Activities of the ILO highlights the need for global-scale responses based on effective social dialogue to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

  3. ILO: Timid improvement for employment in the Caribbean during Q4 2020

    28 January 2021

    The latest projections for 2021 presented in the ILO Monitor report show that most countries will experience a relatively strong recovery in the second half of the year.

  4. Belize launches bipartite COVID-19 workplace safety and health awareness campaign

    26 January 2021

    National initiative made possible with support from the ILO under the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund

  5. Belize COVID-19 OSH Campaign

    21 January 2021

    Launched in December 2020, this national promotional programme seeks to develop knowledge and create awareness on how to create and maintain safe and healthy workplaces in the context of pandemic.

2020

  1. ECA and NATUC join Spotlight Initiative to end workplace gender-based violence in Trinidad and Tobago

    23 December 2020

    Partnership facilitated by ILO and UNFPA

  2. Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados labour officials learn best practices for eliminating child labour

    22 December 2020

    Innovative techniques offered through seminar series delivered by ILO and South-South partners

  3. High-level tripartite panel deliberates state of Caribbean labour markets and shares vision for post-pandemic future of work

    22 December 2020

    Virtual ILO event highlighted latest data and policy responses for sustainable recovery

  4. © Santiago Sito 2024
    COVID-19 leaves a trail of high unemployment, inactivity and precarious employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

    17 December 2020

    Some 30 million people are unemployed and 23 million will have left the workforce due to the lack of opportunities. In 2021, employment will be in intensive care and the indicators could worsen, says ILO annual Labour Overview for Latin America and the Caribbean.

  5. ILO to launch 2020 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean

    15 December 2020

    The annual report offers data and analysis on impacts of pandemic and will be presented at a virtual press conference on 17 December 2020.