Announcements

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 Labour Department. The seminar, which will be conducted at the Warrens Office Complex, will examine a number of psychological issues impacting the workplace, such as mental…

The Barbados Employment and Career Counselling Services (BECCS) is currently facilitating persons seeking employment with Ross University School of Medicine, scheduled to open at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, in January 2019. Recruiters from Ross University School of Medicine will be on the island during the week of November 5 to 9,…

The Sexual Harassment Act, the Holidays with Pay Act, The Shops Act and The Employment Rights Act will take centre stage this week, when the Labour Department presents the first in a series of seminars. The Department, which is hosting two one-day seminars on Thursday, September 20, and Friday, September 21,…

The Labour Department will host two seminars to discuss Labour Legislation and Industrial Relations Best Practices on Thursday, September 20, and Friday, September 21. The seminars, which are part of the Department’s continuing effort to promote a greater degree of labour-management cooperation, will take place at the Warrens Office Complex, Warrens, St. Michael, from…

The public is advised that the Barbados Statistical Service (BSS) is currently conducting a Continuous Labour Force Sample Survey in several areas throughout the island. The survey is now in its third quarter for 2018, and field officers are collecting data from selected households. Members of the public are reminded that the…

The Barbados Employment and Career Counselling Service (BECCS), formerly The National Employment Bureau, is urgently seeking individuals for employment in Canadian hotels. According to Judith Branch, Placement and Counselling Officer at the Bureau, the BECCS is seeking to create a shortlist of suitable persons, who must have at least one…

Barbadians will soon get the chance to register for job opportunities in Canada. The National Employment Bureau (NEB), soon to be renamed the Barbados Employment and Career Counselling Service, will host a Registration Clinic at its Warrens Office Complex location on Wednesday, April 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This…

The Barbados Employment and Career Counselling Service (BECCS), formerly known as the National Employment Bureau, will hold an outreach programme for unemployed persons and the youth. The outreach session will be held on Wednesday, February 28, at St. Christopher’s Resource Centre, Christ Church, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Officers…

The Labour Department will be hosting Occupational Safety and Health Week 2017 from July 2 – 8, 2017. During July 3 – 5 from 8:30-4:30 p.m. daily,  there will be a number of free seminars at the Accra Beach Hotel and Spa, Hastings, Christ Church under the theme “Safe Workplaces are…