All news: Caribbean

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

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

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.

Campaign

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

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

Campaign

Belize COVID-19 OSH Campaign

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.

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

Partnership facilitated by ILO and UNFPA

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

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

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

Labour Overview 2020

COVID-19 leaves a trail of high unemployment, inactivity and precarious employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

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...

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

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

ILO/ECLAC joint report

Slow COVID-19 labour market recovery expected in Latin America and the Caribbean

The pandemic has led to the biggest contraction in the region in the last 100 years, with 47 million jobs lost across the region in the second quarter of 2020.

ECLAC and ILO warn that the labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean will recover slowly after the COVID-19 pandemic

In a new joint publication, these two United Nations organizations stress that to emerge from the crisis, active macro policies are needed along with sectoral policies that would promote sustainable development with employment.

30 countries of the region continue on their way towards target 8.7 of the 2030 Agenda

6 Years of sustained commitment to achieve a joint goal: end child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean

With a view to the International Year 2021, the Network of Focal Points will hold its 6th Annual Meeting virtually from October 27 to 30, 2020 to define priorities, redouble commitments and agree on its action plan on child labour in the context of...

Labour Overview in Latin America and the Caribbean

ILO: 34 million jobs lost by the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

The pandemic has led to a drastic contraction in employment and income in the region, but signs of an early recovery suggest the situation could begin to improve in the coming weeks.

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.

Op-Ed

Creating 15 million new jobs for a sustainable recovery and a net-zero emissions future

By Ana María Rodríguez-Ortíz, Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge at Inter-American Development Bank, and Vinícius Pinheiro, ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean.

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

IDB-ILO Report

Zero emission economy will lead to 15 million new jobs by 2030 in Latin America and Caribbean

A study by the International Labour Organization and the Inter-American Development Bank highlights the impact on jobs if countries in Latin America and the Caribbean adopt zero emission policies.

Labor Overview in times of COVID-19

ILO: Sharp rise in unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean leaves millions without income

The unemployment rate could rise between 4 and 5 percentage points, raising the number of unemployed in the region to a historical record of 41 million people. If the crisis worsens, the employment situation could worsen, amplifying social...

Technical nota ECLAC-ILO

The crisis resulting from COVID-19 could cause a significant increase of child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean

An analysis by ECLAC and ILO highlights that the impacts of the pandemic could be the cause of more than 300,000 children and adolescents being obliged to work. This analysis considers it imperative to adopt measures to tackle this situation.

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