Over the past decade, the Labour Department has been actively raising HIV awareness and advocating for the protection of the rights of workers, including those living with HIV and other life threatening illnesses. We are planning to mark this significant initiative by collaborating with the Barbados Defence Force to host a ‘Walk for HIV Awareness’.
The walk is scheduled to...
The development of a new three-year Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy by Government will be high on the agenda next week when the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations hosts a consultative workshop.
The workshop will be held on Thursday, February 21, in the Main Conference Room, New Administration Building, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Cave Hill,...
Government of Barbados
Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations
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Consultancy to Evaluate the Implementation and Impact of the Barbados Human Resource Development Strategy 2011-2016 and To Develop Lessons Learnt, Case Studies and a Sustainability Programme
The Government of Barbados (GOB) through the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations (MLSP) is currently implementing the Barbados Human Resource Development...
Chief Labour Officer, Victor Felix, believes that while the Barbados Employment and Career Counselling Service (BECCS) has delivered on a number of its goals and services, more still has to be done.
Mr. Felix was addressing the start of a series of training seminars, coordinated by BECCS and staff of the Human Resource Development Strategy Programme, in the Lecture Theatre,...
Praise has been heaped on the Barbados Employment and Career Counselling Service (BECCS) for its efforts at facilitating retrenched public sector workers, and all unemployed Barbadians, as they search for available opportunities.
It came today from Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, as he addressed the start of a series of training seminars, coordinated by BECCS and staff of...
Primary and secondary school children will have the opportunity to win a number of awards and prizes when the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership Relations hosts its inaugural G.I.V.E. School Competition. It will comprise a poster competition for primary and secondary schools and an Instagram challenge for secondary schools.
The G.I.V.E. School Competition starts on Monday, January 28, and ends on Friday,...
The public is advised that officers will be back in the field from Monday, January 14, taking information for the Continuous Labour Force Sample Survey, which is being conducted by the Barbados Statistical Service (BSS).
Field officers will be collecting data from selected households for the survey, which is in its first quarter. They will be carrying photo identification cards, but if...
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 from public and private sector agencies met at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on Monday for an update on the country’s progress, as Phase 2 of the BERT programme comes to an end, and Phase...
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 at a press conference on the work and effort of the Labour Department and his Ministry last week.
Acknowledging that his Ministry was aware that given the retrenchment process, people would look to overseas employment, he...
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 came today as he addressed a seminar on Labour and Employment Relations, at the Labour Department, on the 2nd Floor Warrens Office Complex, Warrens, St. Michael, that served to inform employers on a number of relevant...