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Panorama Laboral 2012

Latin America, Caribbean unemployment continues falling

Steady economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean continues reducing unemployment rates, according to an ILO report. But about half the region’s workers are trapped in informal sector jobs.

Joint publication

ECLAC and ILO Predict that Unemployment Will Fall Again to 6.4% in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012

The two United Nations agencies indicate that there remain structural problems that have a negative effect on the labour market situation of young people.

News

ILO's 2011 Labour Overview: Unemployment continues to fall in Latin America and the Caribbean

The urban unemployment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean continued to fall in 2011, reaching a historic low of 6.8 per cent, announced the International Labour Organization (ILO) today, as it presented the latest version of its annual report,...

Committee on Domestic Workers: Comments by Barbados Workers’ Delegate

Committee on Domestic Workers: Ms MOORE (Worker, Barbados; speaking on behalf of the Worker Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Domestic...

World AIDS Day

‘Coming out’ from isolation, stigma and discrimination in the Caribbean

The world’s current economic woes have already forced some governments to curtail HIV/AIDS programmes. This is why World AIDS Day focuses on universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support as a fundamental human right this year....

ILO and YTEPP partner for youth entrepreneurial training

ILO Tripartite Caribbean Conference to discuss social and labour dimensions of global financial crisis

Ministers of Labour and other high-level representatives of the Ministries of Labour, and of employers’ and workers’ organizations of the English-and Dutch-speaking Caribbean will meet at an International Labour Organization (ILO)Tripartite...

ILO launches CARIBLEX - database of Caribbean labour legislation

The International Labour Organization, Subregional Office for the Caribbean has launched CARIBLEX, a new database of labour legislation of ILO member States of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean

ILO Subregional Office for the Caribbean launches two new publications

ILO introduces new social security training programme

-The International Labour Organization, in collaboration with the Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies (UWI) - Mona campus, will host a four-day training programme on Actuarial Methods and Social Security Financing for...

ILO and YTEPP team up to produce small business manual for young entrepreneurs

The Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme Ltd (YTEPP) has teamed up with the International Labour Organization, Subregional Office for the Caribbean, to produce an adapted version of the ILO's "Start Your Business manual for potential...

Caribbean labour training institutions to benefit from ILO training on globalization and international labour standards

The course targets labour training institutions in the region, including labour colleges as well as trade unions and employers' organizations offering structured training programmes. It aims to enhance the knowledge of participants on international...