Government’s efforts at maintaining job levels during the current financial crisis were among the issues discussed recently when Labour Minister, Senator Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo, met with the new Chief of Political and Economic Affairs at the US Embassy, Nicholle Manz, at the Warrens Office Complex recently.
Senator Byer Suckoo said Government was very concerned about the impact of the...
The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council is in the final stages of establishing a new unit which will oversee the Competence-based Training Fund (CBTF).
This was disclosed by Minister of Labour, Senator Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo, who said the aim of the CBTF was to ensure that TVET would be more relevant and attuned to the needs...
Government has moved a step closer to ratifying the Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, which was adopted by the International Labour Conference in 2011.
This was disclosed by Minister of Labour, Senator Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo, who said her Ministry was in the process of finalising a project for domestic workers which would inform the ratification of the...
The contribution of human resources development to national growth was formally recognised today, when the Ministry of Labour, the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus and the Human Resource Management Association of Barbados (HRMAB), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). This signals the strengthening of the human resources profession in the island.
The step was welcomed by Minister...
Matters that many may consider personal - such as sexual conduct and use, or abuse, of drugs – do, in fact concern and affect the workplace.
This was the overarching theme delivered by Industrial Relations Officer with the Barbados Employers Confederation, Sean Daniel, yesterday, as he addressed participants at the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Week seminar series, held at...
There is a world of possibilities available in the agricultural sector and the establishment of a Youth Farm Programme is designed to encourage young people to grasp them.
This was pointed out by Executive Director of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council, Henderson Eastmond, as he addressed a ceremony to launch the programme, last Friday at Baobab...
Safety and health is everyone's business
This was the mantra echoed by representatives of the Labour tripartite at the launch of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Week this morning.
Held at the Accra Beach Hotel, the opening ceremony signaled the official start of the week's activities which will be hosted under the theme Zero In On Safety. A seminar series which began...
The question should not be if one could afford to invest in occupational health and safety (OSH); instead, it should be ‘how could you afford not to’?
This was the sentiment shared by the speakers at this morning’s launch of OSH Week 2013 – Zero in on Safety, as all parties agreed that OSH offered multiple, tangible benefits to employees...
Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the development of Barbados’ human capital. The pledge was made when the Ministry of Labour hosted a Human Resource Development Strategy (HRDS) Orientation Seminar for Entrepreneurial Bodies, at the Warrens Office Complex this morning.
Labour Minister, Senator Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo gave the assurance that government’s priority was to ensure “that Barbados has the...
The creation of ‘green jobs’ through the employment of national policies was on the agenda this week, when Minister of Labour, Senator Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo addressed the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) General Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Observing that the move towards such jobs would address multiple national issues, the Labour Minister stated that “Though we have tried to control...