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Barbadians who journey to Canada to work in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Programme or Temporary Farm Workers’ Programme have been encouraged to continue being ambassadors for their country. The call came today from Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, at the start of a 2019 Review of…

Government welcomes the myriad benefits which Barbadians bring annually from working on Canadian farm labour programmes. Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, emphasized this today as he addressed the start of a 2019 Review of the Canadian Workers Programme at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile…

During the 108th (Centenary) Session of the International Labour Conference, held in Geneva, Switzerland from 10th to 21st June, 2019, two instruments and one resolution concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work were finalised by the relevant technical committee and subsequently adopted by the Conference. …

Government is looking to better facilitate the Third Sector this year through reaching out to established charities such as the Rotary Club of Barbados, to partner in the effort. This was emphasized recently when District Governor of the Rotary, Trevor Blake, paid a courtesy call on Minister of Labour and…

Chief Labour Officer (CLO), Victor Felix, is no longer at the helm of the Labour Department. Having spent his last day on the job on December 31, 2019, Mr. Felix has proceeded on pre-retirement leave until March 8, 2020. The outgoing CLO joined the Labour Department in 1984, as a…

The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Barbados’ development was a key talking point when Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, met with UNDP Resident Representative of Barbados and the OECS, Magdy Martinez Soliman, in the Senate Ante Chamber, recently. Minister Jordan, in acknowledging that Government…

Government is appealing to employers to continue to come forward and aid its Job Start Plus Initiative that targets the youth. The call came yesterday as Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, addressed the roll out of the first set of training for 60 young persons under…

Government will not be giving up on its unemployed youth! This was emphasized today by Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, at the official opening of the first training workshop, for 60 youth under Government’s Job Start Plus programme, at the Warren’s Office Complex, Warrens, St. Michael,…

A notice appearing in the press on Wednesday, December 4, was not a threat by Government to delist charities across Barbados, but rather to get them to participate in a survey, and to comply with money laundering and terrorism financing regulations. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Dale Marshall,…