December 18, 2018

Occupational Safety & Health Seminar Jan. 30

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Occupational safety and health in the workplace will be the focus of a half-day seminar to be held on January 30, 2019, by the...

Social Partnership Pleased With Gov’t’s Progress

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Members of the Social Partnership have expressed satisfaction with the progress Barbados has made so far under the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme. Stakeholders...

Minister’s Assurance For Retrenched Persons

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Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, has given the assurance that persons interested in employment overseas will be facilitated. He was speaking...

Employers Told: Allow Workers To Share Views And Opinions

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Employers have been told by Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, to allow more freedom of expression in the workplace. The call...

Labour Minister Hears NUPW’s Pleas For Better Relations

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Better relations with government entities and providing more timely information were requests made by representatives of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) when they met...

Latest Snapshot of the Barbados Labour Market

Statistics Year Total
General Unemployment Rate % 2017 10.0
Youth Unemployment Rate % 2017 29.3
Adult Population (000s) 2017 220.6
Youth Unemployed Labour Force (000s) 2017 4.1
Unemployed Labour Force (000s) 2017 14.4
Labour Force (000s) 2017 144.3
Youth Labour Force (000s) 2017 14.1
Employed Labour Force (000s) 2017 129.9
Labour Force Participation Rate % 2017 65.4
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