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ILO launches business coaching for rural enterprises and farmers in the Caribbean
The course is part of the on-going efforts by the ILO to effectively support smallholder farmers and small agri-businesses in their development, particularly through business coaching. The joint programme seeks to integrally support sectors, which...
ILO Caribbean Office-CINTEFOR launch new course on Quality apprenticeships in the Caribbean
Participants from Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago representing Ministries of Labour, employers’ and workers’ organizations and technical vocational education and training (TVET) institutions are taking the course
Achieving zero tolerance for workplace violence and harassment is possible through C190 ratification
On 25 June 2021, the ILO’s Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) came into force. The newest ILO Convention has a clear message: violence and harassment in the world of work is unacceptable.
Unemployment insurance in the Caribbean: An urgent call to protect workers and their families
A major social protection gap in the Caribbean is the protection of the unemployed, which is the least developed social security branch in the subregion, as recognized in the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention No. 102.
Barbados strengthens capacity for social protection reform through UN Joint SDG Fund / ILO training
Policymakers enhance understanding and skills during the intensive specialized course
Business resilience is a key driver of economic prosperity in the Caribbean
Made up of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the Caribbean faces multiple vulnerabilities to climate hazards such as hurricanes, flooding, landslides, heatwaves, drought and sea level rise
Pivoting social dialogue to enhance the role of unions in COVID-19 recovery
Greater inclusion can encourage more human-centred approaches to labour solutions in the Caribbean
Prioritizing TVET in COVID-19 recovery efforts for the Caribbean: How CARICOM Member States can address delivery, continuity and resilience
Occupational safety and health is at the heart of COVID-19 recovery: Mainstreaming policies on infection prevention and control,...
Greater labour force resilience and stronger partnerships among key successes of Barbados Employability Project
ILO-supported initiative prepares workers affected by pandemic to re-enter job market
Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados labour officials learn best practices for eliminating child labour
Innovative techniques offered through seminar series delivered by ILO and South-South partners
51st Anniversary of the ILO Caribbean Office
Message from Dennis Zulu, Director, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean on the Anniversary of the ILO Caribbean Office
As we observe the 51st anniversary of the opening of the Office, we look forward to a better tomorrow working together as ILO tripartite constituents, the UN family and other partners towards a more resilient and sustainable recovery, which will...
ILO: 34 million jobs lost in Latin America and the Caribbean due to crisis
COVID-19 leaves behind a drastic contraction in employment and income in the region. Signs of an early recovery suggest that millions could return to seek employment in the coming weeks, highlighted the ILO in a new edition of its Labour Overview.
Media Advisory: ILO to launch new Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean in times of COVID-19
The International Labour Organization (ILO) invites journalists to a virtual press conference on the latest employment data for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Mr Dennis Zulu appointed as the New Director of the ILO Caribbean Office
Mr Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), has appointed Mr Dennis Zulu, a Zambian national, as the new Director of ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean with effect from 01 September 2020.
COVID-19 and the world of work
ILO: Sustainable solutions urgently needed to address collapse of Caribbean tourism employment
New report assesses sector job losses and other decent work deficits due to COVID-19
COVID-19 pandemic
ILO: COVID-19 eliminates the equivalent of 1.5 million jobs in the Caribbean
The region records significant losses in working hours, marked by a severe deterioration in the second quarter of 2020 from the first quarter of the same year
Caribbean Ministers of Labour agree to new set of recommendations at ILO regional meeting on future of work
Guidelines seek to help region adapt to world of work transformations and achieve decent work for all
ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour gets underway in Barbados
ILO Director-General discusses why a decent and sustainable future of work is important for the Caribbean
ILO and Government of Barbados to host 11th Caribbean Labour Ministers’ Meeting
ILO Director-General to attend and present on ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work Report titled “Work for a Brighter Future”.