News
February 2019
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Caribbean
ILO to host high-level conference on the future of work we want
11 February 2019
December 2015
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2015 Labour Overview
ILO: 1.7 million people joined the ranks of the unemployed in 2015 in Latin America and the Caribbean
10 December 2015
The ILO’s 2015 Labour Overview indicates that the economic slowdown has caused a rise in unemployment, particularly among women and young people, and there are signs of increased informality. The situation is worrying and poses policy challenges to the countries of the region. Unemployment could rise again in 2016.
March 2015
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News
ILO opens Ninth Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers in The Bahamas
04 March 2015
ILO is strongly committed to convening the Caribbean Ministers of Labour Meeting every two years, to listen to the constituents and to respond to their needs with practical solutions, says ILO Director-General.
June 2013
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Labour standards
Barbados ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
20 June 2013
Barbados is the 38th ILO Member State, and the fifth State from the Caribbean region – after Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – to have ratified the landmark Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.