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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.
ILO Working Paper 26
Hurricanes and their implications for unemployment: Evidence from the Caribbean
Although extreme climate events pose significant challenges to labour markets, there is a paucity of empirical literature studying their impacts. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of hurricane strikes on unemployment across a sample of Caribbean countries. In breaking down the unemployment data, our findings demonstrate that there is very little difference in the impact for adult males and females as well as male youth, however female youth may be slightly more disadvantaged. Finally, labour legislation appears to provide some mitigating impact from hurricane strikes.
COVID-19 and the world of work
COVID-19 and the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean labour market. A rapid assessment of the impact on policy responses at the end of Q3, 2020
The report aims to take stock of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the labour market in the region and provide a systematic review of the main policy measures implemented by governments and social partners of the region. The information contained herein is actualized to the month of October 2020. By the very nature of the COVID-19 crisis and of the areas under investigation, changes may be fast paced as well as there may be availability of new data. The reader is advised to be mindful of those developments.
COVID-19 and the world of work
Tourism sector in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. An overview and the impact of COVID-19 on growth and employment
The tourism sector is the major source of revenue and jobs in the Caribbean region, and the key or one of the main sustainability oriented pillars for virtually all mid- and long-term national development strategies. The COVID-19 induced collapse of this sector is therefore an important factor behind projections of negative economic growth for the region for 2020. This report seeks to assess and, where possible, quantify this impact of COVID-19 on employment in the tourism industries in the region.
Opportunities in times of tempest: Business recovery post Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Caribbean. The case of Sint Maarten
This paper is Draft for Research. The mechanisms that motivate post-disaster business model adjustment in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), are largely understudied. With Sub National Island Jurisdictions (SNIJs) standing out through political relationships with larger metropole nations, it is expected that they have access to resources to promote recovery. This paper describes the process of recovery and/or adjustment of businesses on the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten which fell prey to Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Impact - ILO Caribbean Highlights Report 2017-2019
11th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour, Barbados, 14-15 May 2019
Practical guidelines for developing and implementing workplace policies and programmes on HIV and AIDS
Based on ILO experiences in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean Countries
ILO Caribbean NewsLink Jul - Dec 2011
CDB-UNESCO-ILO: Promoting effective skills development policies in the region; ITC-ILO and Association of Caribbean Media Workers collaborate on workshop on Communicating Rights at Work; Guy Guyana’ s ILO-IPEC TACKLE Project collaborates with the Ministry of Education Voluntary Mentoring Programme
ILO Caribbean NewsLink Tribute to Sir Roy Trotman 2011
Special issue of the ILO Caribbean newsletter paying tribute to Sir Roy Trotman
ILO Caribbean NewsLink March - June 2011
ILO Symposium ends with call to institutionalize tripartite cooperation to advance development and regional integration; Dominica now part of OECS Decent Work Sub-regional Programme
ILO Caribbean NewsLink Nov 2010 - Feb 2011
CDB-ILO Symposium, ILO 17th American Regional Meeting sets agenda for advancing decent work in the region, Maritime and labour inspectors trained ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention
ILO Caribbean NewsLink October 2010
Grenada PM Tillman Thomas calls for unified, tripartite approach response to the global economic crisis; Caribbean response to Maritime Labour Convention, 2006; OECS La Labour Market Information System Pilot project advances in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
ILO Caribbean NewsLink June 2010
CARICOM-ILO Labour Ministers’ Meeting: CARICOM endorses Decent Work Agenda, policy coherence to be part of its strategic vision; Saint Kitts and Nevis completes consultations for the development of the OECS Decent Work Subregional Programme
ILO Caribbean NewsLink February 2010
Decent work a priority for Belize Government launches region’s second Decent Work Country Programme; National Child Labour Policy for Belize also launched; Work advances on the development of Decent Work Country Programmes in the Caribbean
ILO Caribbean NewsLink October 2009
ILO Subregional Office celebrates 40th anniversary; ILO’s new Maritime Labour Convention good for seafarers - ILO Tripartite Hemispheric Conference; ILO Report Writing Workshop on International Labour Standards
ILO Caribbean NewsLink July 2009
Jamaica PM Bruce Golding addresses ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis; Caribbean countries respond to global jobs crisis - measures adopted in line with Decent Work Agenda; Caribbean national employers’ organizations better equipped to service its members; New Caribbean employer member appointed on ILO Governing Body
Highlights of ILO’S Work in the Caribbean May 2007 - March 2010
This reports on the work of the International Labour Organization’s Subregional Office for the Caribbean to its constituents in the Caribbean during the period May 2007 to March 2010.
ILO Caribbean NewsLink April 2009
Seeking sustainable solutions through social dialogue ILO convenes regional conference on global financial crisis; UN Secretary General addresses leaders at the Fifth Summit of the Americas; ILO launches 90th anniversary commemorative publication
ILO Caribbean NewsLink February 2009
New projects on child labour launched in Jamaica and Guyana; Belize national tripartite workshop fine tunes Decent Work Country Programme; ILO introduces new social security training programme; ILO and YTEPP team up to produce small business manual for young entrepreneurs; T&T Labour Ministry takes over HIV/AIDS workplace programme
ILO Caribbean NewsLink September 2008
The OECS and the ILO sign Memorandum of Understanding; Barbados PM launches media campaign on child labour; ILO supports SME development in Saint Kitts and Nevis through training of trainers; Caribbean labour training institutions benefit from ILO training on globalization and international labour standards