Government, through the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector, is urging selected establishments to complete the Survey of Employment,Earnings and Hours (SEEH) by Wednesday, September 16, 2026. This is the final deadline for submission and no further extensions will be granted.
The survey is being conducted by the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and the Third Sector, with technical support from the Barbados Statistical Service and the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management.
The SEEH is the first national earnings survey since 2018 and will restore Barbados’ capacity to produce detailed, job-level data on how workers are paid, the hours they work and the structure of earnings across the country’s key industries.
The information collected will strengthen labour-market benchmarks for employers and provide a current picture of wages, hours and employment conditions across Barbados.
It will also support the Ministry’s assessment of wage conditions and future reviews of the national minimum wage, helping to ensure that wage-setting decisions are informed by reliable national evidence.
The survey will also support national planning, labour-market monitoring and the development of policies that respond to changing conditions across industries.
The SEEH is intended to become a permanent annual feature of Barbados’ statistical framework, providing a consistent source of labour-market information for government, employers and other stakeholders.
Participation is mandated under the Statistics Act, Cap. 192, and is therefore a legal requirement for selected establishments. Businesses with outstanding submissions are encouraged to treat the survey as a priority and complete it by the final deadline.
Employers are required to provide information on employee numbers, hours worked and compensation, including basic wages, overtime payments, allowances and bonuses.
All information is 100 per cent confidential and protected by law. Under the Statistics Act, Cap. 192, the data will never be shared with the Barbados Revenue Authority, the National Insurance Scheme or any regulator. No business or employee will be identifiable in published results, and no employee names or national identification numbers are collected.
Employers are encouraged to designate a Payroll or Human Resources Officer to complete the survey and to have the relevant payroll records readily available.
Establishments requiring assistance should contact their assigned enumerator or the SEEH project team.
For further information, they may contact Brian Chandler at 284-4625 or brian.chandler@uwi.edu; Kay Harewood at 535-1580 or kharewood@labour.gov.bb; or Joel Gaskin at 535-1419 or jgaskin@labour.gov.bb.
The Ministry of Labour thanks all establishments that have already completed the survey and encourages those that have not done so to make the necessary arrangements for submission by Wednesday, September 16.
