The St Kitts Nevis Observer
Attendees during the virtual ILO-Jamaica the grant signing ceremony, clockwise: The Honourable Floyd Green, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries for Jamaica;, the Honourable Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce for Jamaica; Dennis Zulu, Director of the ILO Caribbean Office; and Ms. Michelle Parkins, MIIC Chief Technical Director.
KINGSTON, Jamaica A landmark partnership to help informal operators in the agriculture and fisheries sectors transition to formal standards of labour has been launched by Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
The Honourable Audley Shaw, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, signatory to the ILO grant agreement, attended the virtual event on February 4. Other high-level participants included the Honourable Floyd Green, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries; the Honourable Dr. Norman Dunn, Minister of State in the MIIC;
Timid improvement for employment in Caribbean
Article by January 28, 2021
Port of Spain – Tentative signs of recovery are emerging in Caribbean labour markets, following the unprecedented disruption in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest estimates from the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the seventh edition of the
ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and The World of Work.
New quarterly and annual estimates based on the ILO “nowcasting” model indicate that 7.7 per cent of working hours in the Caribbean were lost during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020.
This figure indicates a decrease from corresponding values for the second quarter (24.7 per cent) and third quarter of 2020
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