All news: Saint Lucia
Economic development
Making employment a Macroeconomic Priority: Emerging Policy Discourse in the Caribbean
A regional ILO expert workshop examines how better integration and coherence between growth, jobs and resilience can sustain an inclusive development in the Caribbean.
Workers activities - skills training
Saint Lucia trade unions build skills for collective bargaining
Trade union leaders in Saint Lucia have completed a two-day ILO training to sharpen their collective bargaining and negotiation skills, a timely investment as the country formalizes its first national tripartite advisory committee.
C144 ratified
Saint Lucia ratifies Tripartite Consultation Convention
In a landmark Labour Week, Saint Lucia ratified ILO Convention No. 144 on tripartite consultation and formally installed a new national tripartite advisory body, the strongest commitment to social dialogue in the country's recent history.
Quality apprenticeships
ILO champions quality apprenticeships at the SAGE Apprenticeship Summit in Saint Lucia
The ILO’s participation in the SAGE Apprenticeship Summit in Saint Lucia highlighted how Quality Apprenticeships, guided by Recommendation No. 208, can strengthen inclusive skills development, social dialogue, and pathways to decent and green jobs.
Social dialogue
Saint Lucia sets new course for social dialogue
The country launches national initiative to strengthen tripartite social dialogue, with ILO support
International Labour Standards
Saint Lucia ratifies all fundamental ILO Conventions
All countries in the Caribbean have now ratified Convention No. 138.
Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Forum
Just Transition in Small Island Developing States is key to economic resilience
The ILO is promoting just energy transitions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as a key strategy to boost workforce and economic resilience, as highlighted at the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Forum in May 2025.
Employment in Focus series
Beyond tourism: A policy framework for economic diversification and job creation in the Caribbean
The Caribbean faces persistent employment and economic challenges, due to its overreliance on tourism and demographic challenges. ILO Employment and labour market specialist, Abdelmalik Muhummed explores how National Employment Policies can support...
2024 Labour Overview
Progress in the labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean remains insufficient
Despite some progress, a new ILO report highlights that labour informality, gender gaps, and access to formal employment for the youth remain key barriers to a more equitable labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Saint Lucia reaffirms ILO partnership to strengthen national labour landscape
Targeted support will enhance OSH, policy decisions and skills development.
Twenty Caribbean trade union representatives better prepared to utilize ILS following ILO training
Three-week course aimed to boost understanding and strategic use of ILO’s supervisory mechanisms in advocating for workers'' rights.
ILO Caribbean provides insights on insurance schemes to protect farmer and fisherfolk livelihoods
Regional event focused on enhancing sustainability through insurance schemes tailored to Caribbean contexts.
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024
Number of youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) a cause for concern, despite falling jobless rate
New ILO report finds high shares of youth NEETs, regional and gender gaps, and growing youth anxiety about work, despite encouraging global youth unemployment trends.
Generative AI could transform millions of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean but digital divide poses challenges
Up to half of the jobs in the region for which GenAI could improve productivity – some 17 million – are hindered by gaps in digital access and infrastructure, according to a new ILO and World Bank study.
Caribbean employers ready to tackle minimum wage discussions
ILO conducts site visit to assess construction of vocational training centre in Saint Lucia
New facility will provide marginalized youth with a pathway to Decent Work.
New ILO Caribbean report analyzes how EMBOs can benefit from digitalization that enhances data management
Publication examines opportunities and challenges related to use of digital tools.
ILO assists Caribbean EBMOs in harnessing CRM software to improve processes
The ILO assisted Antigua and Barbuda Employers’ Federation (ABEF), the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation (BCCEC), the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), the Grenada Employers’ Federation (GEF), the Jamaica...
ILO to assist the Saint Lucia Employers’ Federation in developing membership strategy
The action plan will focus on the three primary areas: good governance, membership promotion and retention, and advocacy and lobbying.
Construction of new facility to aid in vocational training for marginalized youth in Saint Lucia
The facility, will host a new state of the art hospitality and catering block for the vocational curriculum.