Employment Opportunity
The Barbados Employment and Career Counselling Service (BECCS), is seeking to recruit suitable candidates for the following three (3) positions, on behalf of our...
Job Start Plus Stakeholders Meeting
The Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations has organized three focus groups' meetings which are to be chaired by the Minister.
The purpose of...
Assessing Risk Critical To Workplace
Employers must uphold their statutory duty of assessing risks in the workplace, regardless of the hazards present.
This was a key message sent today by...
Future Work Will Present Challenges & Opportunities
Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, believes the future of work in Barbados will present both challenges and opportunities.
He made this...
Jordan: Future Of Work Bright For Barbados
“The future of work is bright!” says Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan.
This was his emphatic conclusion, last Saturday, as he...
Latest Snapshot of the Barbados Labour Market
| Statistics | Year | Total |
|---|---|---|
| General Unemployment Rate % | 2018 | 9.7 |
| Youth Unemployment Rate % | 2017 | 29.3 |
| Youth Unemployed Labour Force (000s) | 2017 | 4.1 |
| Unemployed Labour Force (000s) | 2018 | 13.6 |
| Labour Force (000s) | 2018 | 139.7 |
| Youth Labour Force (000s) | 2017 | 14.1 |
| Employed Labour Force (000s) | 2018 | 126.2 |
| Labour Force Participation Rate % | 2018 | 63.6 |
