All resources: Caribbean

ILO Tripartite Capacity-Building Workshop on Labour Legislation, The Bahamas - Final Report

ILO Tripartite Capacity-Building Workshop on Labour Legislation, Saint Lucia - Final Report

Brief overview

Objectives and outputs of the Project

Small Island Developing States

Can closer economic integration bring more decent work opportunities in the Caribbean?

A high-level panel discussion at the UN Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Conference in Samoa on 1 September will bring together the ILO with policy makers, employer and worker representatives to discuss the feasibility and implications of...

The ILO mandate and programme of work related to Small Island Developing States

Decent Work in Caribbean Small Island Developing States

The paper identifies some of the key challenges affecting Caribbean SIDS and explores the responses for solving these issues.

OSHE BRIEFS

OSHE Project - Briefs

Training session and material development

Physical hazards: Lighting in the workplace

Physical hazards: Noise in the workplace

Risk assessment

Temperature in the workplace

Welding and metal works

OSHE CHECKLISTS

There are a number of ways to help assess any health and safety hazards in your workplace, including the use of checklists.

The Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour Regional Initiative

The Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour Regional Initiative is a commitment by the countries to accelerate the process towards the elimination of child labour. At the same time, it represents an innovative cooperation instrument to...

Notes on Formalization

Recent experiences of formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean

Non-agricultural informal employment in Latin America and the Caribbean fell from 50% in 2009 to 47.7% in 2012, although the magnitude and pace of this reduction varied in the countries analyzed. A combination of economic factors associated with the...

ILO FORLAC Notes

Formalization in Latin America and the Caribbean

The ILO Regional Office began publishing a series of "Notes on Formalization" about the situation and the experience dealing with informal economy employment in several countries in the region.

The employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Conditional transfer programmes and the labour market

The Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is a twice-yearly report prepared jointly by the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Subregional Office for the...

New ECLAC-ILO report

Low Economic Growth in 2014 Could Affect Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

The United Nations organizations also analyze the contribution of conditional cash transfer programs to poverty reduction.

2014. The ILO in Latin America and The Caribbean. Advances and Perspectives.

This third annual report on progress and perspectives of the ILO in Latin America and the Caribbean, prepared by the ILO Regional Office, is a continuation of the ones published in June 2012 and June 2013. Taken together, the three documents show...