HIV and AIDS Awareness Bus Tour Impactful

When the usual tranquillity of the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens was interrupted by loud music and blaring safe sex messages, employees of that Christ Church cemetery put down their tools and gathered around the source to get the facts about HIV and AIDS.

Technical and Vocational Skills valuable in this new Economy

Many countries are redeveloping their Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) strategies in an effort to bring about increased economic development, and Barbadians must be made aware that the acquisition of technical and vocational skills is an asset in this new economy.

Worldskills Barbados to Improve Image of Technical and Vocational Skills

Dispelling the notion that technical and vocational skills are inferior to academic learning and administrative abilities is a key objective of the upcoming WorldSkills Barbados Competition 2012.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work, 2012

The theme for the World Day for Safety and Health at Work in 2012 is

Green jobs: promoting safety and health in a green economy.

The ILO celebrates the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on the 28 April to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally.

Barbados looks at Jamaican Model for Improvements

Examining the Jamaican approach to the Canadian Farm Labour Programme, would help Barbados to find ways to improve its competitiveness and increase job opportunities through the Canadian Overseas Employment Programme.

Workers' Rights Are Top Priority

The rights of workers who participate in the Canada-Commonwealth Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, commonly referred to as the Canadian Farm Labour Programme, must be given top priority even as employers face challenging economic times.

Minister Suckoo Tells Students: "HIV affects us all"

HIV and AIDS have gone beyond being a health issue to one that affects us socially and economically.  This is another reason why it is important that the youth are sensitised about this disease.   

A Look at The Benefits of the Canadian Farm Labour Programme

Barbadians going to Canada for the upcoming year’s Farm Labour Programme are set to reap significant benefits.

According to Acting Senior Labour Officer, Valerie Quintyne of the National Employment Bureau (NEB), along with gaining financially, there were social, educational and cultural benefits persons taking part in the programme could receive.

GREAT ATTITUDE, INITIATIVE, VALUES AND EXCELLENCE (GIVE)

G.I.V.E held ten (10) workshops for public officers between the months of May and July 2011. There were approximately twenty-five (25) persons from various Ministries/Departments at each workshop. The objective of the workshops was to improve attitudes in the workplace and to promote standards of appropriate behaviour.  Some areas of professional conduct discussed were attendance, honesty & integrity, dress and appearance, communication, performance and customer service.

Barbados Gender Focused

Barbados is the first country in the Caribbean and Latin American region to be gender audited by the International Labour office (ILO), and preliminary findings reveal that the Ministry of Labour is doing well.