Publications
2022
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ILO Caribbean NewsLink October 2022
08 November 2022
In this issue: Social justice and equality will be at the heart of my mandate, says new ILO Director-General; Address by Director of the ILO DWT and Office for the Caribbean on the 53rd Anniversary of the establishment of the Office in the Caribbean; ILO participated in the Caribbean Climate Justice Forum 2022 and more.
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Social protection expenditure review, Barbados
19 October 2022
The Social Protection Expenditure Review (SPER) represents an opportunity to generate evidence and policy discussions based on the financial and economic performance of the different components of the Barbadian’s social protection sector. As such, this evaluation emphasizes the link between allocated resources and results at the time it considers the legal and institutional conditions that rule the sector. In this regard, the SPER complements and expands the Core Diagnostic Instrument (CODI) assessment study as well as enlightens some areas of future reforms.
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Employers’ guidelines for the implementation of the Jamaica Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act, 2021
07 October 2022
The Sexual Harassment (Protection and Prevention) Act, 2021, aims to protect all Jamaican citizens in the workplace, conducting business, renting property, or in any other daily interactions.
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ILO Caribbean NewsLink September 2022
30 September 2022
In this issue: The development of Suriname's Third Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) is in motion; Suriname’s new national midterm labour market policy (2022-2025) launched and more.
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Trade Union Revitalization: Organizing new forms of work including platform workers
26 September 2022
The 2022 edition of the International Journal of Labour Research comes at a critical time, marked both by multidimensional crises affecting many countries around the world and by a surge in the attraction and influence of trade unions in responding to these crises. This year edition highlights the experiences of trade union revitalization worldwide with an emphasis on trade union unity and cooperation and the challenge of organizing new forms of work including platforms workers where young people are over-represented.
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Suriname mid-term labour market policy, 2022-2025
14 September 2022
The policy development process, which took place between October 2021 and July 2022, is the result of an inclusive and extensive tripartite dialogue between national stakeholders under the aegis of the tripartite Commission on the adoption of a Long-Term Labour Market Policy (CLTLMP) for Suriname.
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ILO Caribbean NewsLink August 2022
02 September 2022
In this issue: ILO to conduct Actuarial Review of Belize’s Social Security Scheme and the cost assessment for the unemployment insurance; Skills development through quality apprenticeships: Addressing skills mismatch and youth unemployment; The Caribbean to benefit from the expertise of newly ILO certified business coaches; Latin America and the Caribbean constituents envision workplaces free from violence and harassment; ILO to assist the Saint Lucia Employers’ Federation in developing membership strategy; Youth labour market integration: the case for quality apprenticeships in the Caribbean; Recovery in youth employment is still lagging, says ILO; Video: Building a new vision for the pineapple value chain in Suriname and more
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ILO Caribbean NewsLink July 2022
03 August 2022
In this issue: ILO commences a comprehensive review of the Social Protection System of Suriname at the request of the Government; ILO lends technical support for the review /evaluation of Guyana's National Apprenticeship Programme; Five UN agencies collaborate to support the evolution of Trinidad and Tobago's National Statistical System; Construction of new facility to aid in vocational training for marginalized youth in Saint Lucia; New national child labour policy launched in Belize with support from ILO and UNICEF; ILO and PSI team up to conduct online seminar for Caribbean Trade Unions to raise awareness on ILS and ILO Supervisory Mechanisms; ILO adopts new guidelines on biological hazards in the world of work and more
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Belize National Child Labour Policy and Strategy, 2022-2025
18 July 2022
The development of the Belize National Child Labour Policy and Strategy 2022-2025 was an iterative process that commenced in August 2021. A literature review was undertaken accompanied by an extensive series of bilateral consultations with multiple stakeholders spanning representatives from the Government of Belize, civil society, and the private sector.
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Decent work deficits among rural workers
07 July 2022
This report is a summary of the findings of 16 case studies commissioned by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) in mid-2021 to examine the situation concerning decent work and existing opportunities for trade union organizing in rural economies in selected countries and economic sectors in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Eastern Europe.