All resources: Caribbean
Rights of person with disabilities
Inclusion at work: ILO backs UN Caribbean HireAbility campaign for disability-inclusive workplaces
The HireAbility Campaign, launched in Bridgetown on 27 August, brings UN agencies, governments and employers together to open Caribbean workplaces to persons with disabilities.
Community development
EU-Funded PROSPER Project in Belize brings local economic development closer to action
In August, work-based learning, community planning and women’s entrepreneurship activities within the European Union-funded PROSPER project advanced practical preparations for locally-led economic development in southern Belize.
Costa Rica and Dominican Republic advance institutionalization of ILO cooperative training tools
Twenty-eight trainers from national institutions in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic have received ILO certification, strengthening national capacity to progressively integrate ILO cooperative training tools and methodologies into existing...
SDG and decent work
Bridge to 2030: Cementing the link between workers priorities and sustainable development goals
A trade union-led, regional campaign is helping workers’ organizations in Trinidad and Tobago build the knowledge, evidence and practical tools needed to engage more effectively in national sustainable development processes.
Dispute resolution
Caribbean institutions put labour justice into practice
Across Belize, The Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago, labour institutions are moving from regional commitments to practical measures aimed at making workplace dispute resolution more timely, accessible and effective.
ILO Working Paper 178
Climate-Related Heat Stress and Occupational Mortality in Colombia
This paper looks at the relationship between high temperatures and mortality among workers in Colombia, identifying the occupations most affected and highlighting the need for stronger prevention and social protection measures.
Social dialogue
Union representatives in the Bahamas sharpen negotiation skills
Trade union representatives in The Bahamas strengthened practical collective bargaining skills through ILO-supported training focused on negotiation, communication and social dialogue.
Brief
Employment impact assessment of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa generated a 2.9% decline in annual GDP in Jamaica causing more than 30,000 job losses.
Policy Brief
El Niño 2026–2027 and the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean: a causal chain from climate to employment and labour...
This policy brief examines the foreseeable effects of El Niño 2026–2027 on the world of work in Latin America and the Caribbean. It analyses the direct and indirect channels through which changes in rainfall patterns and ecosystem services may...
Climate change
El Niño threatens jobs and incomes for many workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, ILO warns
ILO research warns that the 2026–2027 El Niño could disproportionately affect vulnerable workers and highlights the importance of social protection, social dialogue and anticipatory policies to reduce the impacts.
Cooperatives
Better Together: Caribbean peer learning strengthens fisheries cooperatives
Within the framework of the ILO-FAO FISH4ACP Project, fisherfolk from Guyana participated in a study tour and learning exchange with peers in Barbados, strengthening cooperatives and regional collaboration.
Labour Market
Labour Market Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean
The report provides an up-to-date overview of employment in Latin America and the Caribbean, presenting 2025 results and initial trends for 2026, and analyses the relationship between productivity and informality.
Labour Market 2026
Understanding different forms of informality can help shape more effective policy responses in Latin America and the Caribbean
A new report from the International Labour Organization calls for employment policies to combine formalization, skills development, productivity and social protection to best adapt to demographic, technological and economic changes.
Business development services
ILO advances Business Support Centre for northern Haiti through tripartite consultation
The ILO is helping establish a new Business Support Centre in northern Haiti, funded by the Government of Haiti through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, to boost local entrepreneurship.
Local economic development
Communities in Toledo take a leading role in shaping local economic development
Community-led consultations and Local Action Group formation meetings across three Toledo villages are laying the groundwork for sustainable economic development through skills training, inclusive participation, and locally owned planning under the...
Tourism
Caribbean employers and ILO explore pathways to more productive, formal tourism
ILO and Caribbean employers are exploring how productivity, better working conditions and practical pathways to formalization can support more resilient and inclusive tourism across the Eastern Caribbean.
Productivity
Trinidad and Tobago’s productivity initiative gains business and wider government buy-in
Trinidad and Tobago is fostering important partnerships for the rollout of a national initiative that will support enterprises to become more productive while improving working conditions and job quality.
Occupational Safety and Health
Guyana strengthens OSH capacity as ILO–NEBOSH project moves into implementation
Guyana is strengthening national capacity to prevent workplace risks through ILO–NEBOSH training, tripartite consultation and support for stronger occupational safety and health institutions.
Employment policy
The British Virgin Islands’ draft national employment policy approaches final technical stage
The BVI’s draft National Employment Policy developed with ILO technical assistance nears completion, with priorities for jobs, skills, worker protection and labour-market resilience.
Grenada Decent Work Country Programme 2026-2031
The DWCP aligns closely with national development goals as set out in national policies and frameworks, notably the National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP) 2020–2035, and is consistent with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its...
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