All resources: Panama
Facilitator's Manual
Competency-Based Training for apprentice trainers in companies
ILC.114/CAN/D/Panama-C.87
Information on the application of ratified Conventions supplied by governments on the list of individual cases (Panama, C.87, CAN 2026)
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20th ILO American Regional Meeting concludes with adoption of the Punta Cana Declaration
Tripartite declaration sets out shared priorities to promote social justice, decent work, and inclusive and sustainable development across the Americas.
Scope and implementation of international social security agreements: Analysis in the member countries of the RCM
This report presents an analysis of the scope and implementation of international social security agreements in the member countries of the Regional Conference on Migration (hereafter, RCM), including bilateral and multilateral agreements between...
Press release
ILO unveils key data on web-based platform work in Latin America and the Caribbean
New ILO report provides unprecedented data on workers in web-based digital platforms in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Survey on workers on web-based digital platforms
This report summarises a survey of 1,153 digital platform workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyses their profile, working conditions and income, revealing precariousness, informality and lack of social protection. 52% use these...
Executive summary
Women's participation in temporary labour migration programmes
This technical note analyses how the content of bilateral labour migration agreements, as well as the procedures and practical operation oftemporary labour migration programmes in the Central and North American region, provide conditions for access,...
Eliel Hasson Nisis takes over as new ILO Director for Central America, Haiti, Panama and the Dominican Republic
Eliel Hasson Nisis, a Chilean lawyer with extensive experience in labor issues and international relations, has taken over as Director of the ILO Office for Central America, Haiti, Panama and the Dominican Republic. His management will focus on...
Unions Express a Common Perspective for Latin America and the Caribbean Towards a New Social Contract
Union representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean meet in Costa Rica to create a platform for regional dialogue, allowing them to define and articulate their perspectives and proposals towards a new social contract in their countries and...
Case study on the ratification of Convention 181: Panama
Panama’s private employment agencies: an indispensable partner for creating decent employment for national and migrant workers
Digitalization of employers and business membership organizations
Where are employers’ organizations on their journey toward digitalization? A look at Panama
This technical note is part of the collection of notable experiences in the digitisation of business enterprises and employers' organizations (EBMOs) in Latin America, identified in the research process carried out by the ILO Bureau for Employers'...
Violence and Harassment
Panama ratifies ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment
Panama is the 21st country to ratify ILO Convention No. 190 which aims to eliminate violence and harassment in the world of work.
The Government of Canada and ILO expand their partnership to strengthen institutional capacities in the governance of labour migration in...
Two new projects seek to strengthen the work of Ministries of Labor, Foreign Affairs, migration institutes, public employment services and vocational training institutions, as well as employers' and workers' organizations to integrate migrants and...
ILO in action
We promote responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Carribean
ILO Chief Technical Advisor, Olga Orozco, speaks from Peru about the Responsible Business Conduct project in Latin America and the Caribbean (RBCLAC), which aims to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the EU and in Latin America and...
Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021
2021 Labour Overview, Latin America and the Caribbean - Executive Summary
The 2021 Employment Outlook describes a mixed bag scenario for employment and suggests that pre-pandemic levels will be reached by 2023 or even 2024.
A review of national career development support systems
This report synthesises the results of national career development support system reviews in Armenia, Moldova, Panama and Viet Nam.
Research Brief
Protecting the life and health of workers during the COVID 19 pandemic: Overview of national legislative and policy responses
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the cardinal importance of protecting health and safety in the workplace. ILO Member States are responding, through legislative and policy measures in the world of work, to the occupational health and safety...
Panamanian firms advance towards gender equality
In the case of Panama, the decrease in the economic gender gap would have a considerable impact in the country´s economy, according to research by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Panama State of Skills
Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Panama