All resources: Jamaica

US funding Jamaica's programme to eliminate child labour (May 2002, Jamaica Observer)

The government's programme to reduce and ultimately eliminate child labour in all its forms -- the International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour -- is being funded by the United States Department of Labour at a cost of US$562,687.

Publication

Caribbean labour relations systems : an overview 1st Edition

This book presents some current issues confronting governments and the social partners - representatives of trade unions and employers and their organizations.

Informal sector training in Jamaica : an assessment

EMP/SKILLS Working Paper No. 10

Final Report of the Fourth Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers, Barbados 2002

This reports documents the proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers.

Jamaica to undertake child labour survey (May 2002, Jamaica Observer)

Jamaica is to undertake a national survey on child labour, as the international community continues to plan strategies to combat the global problem.

Jamaica to ratify two UN Protocols on rights of child (May 9, 2002, Jamaica Observer)

Jamaica will ratify two United Nations optional protocols on the rights of the child and will promulgate a new Child Care and Protection Act, Prime Minister P. J. Patterson announced yesterday at the UN 27th Special Session on Children in New York.

Creating and Sustaining Employment In Financial Co-Operatives – The case of City of Kingston (COK) Co-operative Credit Union Limited

Financial cooperatives in Jamaica

Reinventing Caribbean firms for the Future by Mr. Silburn Clarke, Vice Chair, Labour Market Reform Commission, Jamaica; and Chair,...

Caribbean Future of Work Forum

Remarks, Hon. Shahine Robinson, MP, Minister, MLSS Jamaica

Caribbean Future of Work Forum

Planning for organization of work and production for the future of work by Professor Neville Ying, Executive Director, Jamaica Diaspora...

Caribbean Future of Work Forum

The Future of Work by José M. Salazar-Xirinachs, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean Future of Work Forum

Child Prostitution in Jamaica - Draft ILO Rapid Assessment

Guide

Labour administration services in the Caribbean : a guide 1st Edition

The guide gives an overview of key elements in labour administration and industrial relations.

Final Report of the Third Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers, Jamaica 2000

This reports documents the proceedings of the Third Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers.

Eliminating the worst forms of child labour: A report of the ILO Caribbean tripartite meeting on the worst forms of child labour, Kingston,...

To address these concerns and make Convention No. 182 known in the region, the ILO organized the ILO Caribbean Tripartite Meeting on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Kingston, Jamaica, from 6 to 7 December, 1999. This publication contains the...

ILO Caribbean studies and working papers, No. 6

Best Practices in Small Enterprise Development: A Caribbean Perspective

This study is the outcome of desk and field research carried out in 1998 and 1999 by the Caribbean Multidisciplinary Advisory Team of the International Labour Organization (ILO/CAMAT). Its aim is to provide a deeper insight into the accomplishments...

THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP: NATIONAL STUDY 2001 FOR JAMAICA

This is one of the national studies, undertaken by the ILO in preparation for the discussion at the ILC in 2006.

Study

Revisiting the challenge of youth employment in the Caribbean

This 1999 Study: "Revisiting the Challenge of Youth Employment: case studies of Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago” updates an earlier study which was conducted in 1996 (Pantin, 1996).

Employment, working conditions and labour relations in offshore data service enterprises : case studies of Barbados and Jamaica

Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 86

Domestic workers in the Caribbean : a reference handbook

The reference handbook contains the Regional Strategy to improve the Status, Terms and Conditions of Work of Domestic workers in the Caribbean