The Bahamas Employment

ECLAC expects employment to be a challenge in the region in 2022

Governments, policymakers urged to continue focus on job generation to support continued employment in the Caribbean and Latin America  NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is calling for regional governments to continue to prioritize job generation as employment is expected to present a challenge in 2022. This despite…
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Labour conditions in The Bahamas poised to improve as govt. signs agreement with ILO

PM Davis pledges commitment to establishing “harmony” in local labour market environment  NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Working conditions in the nation could improve over the next five years as the government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Labour Organization (ILO) for a second-generation Bahamas Decent Work Country Programme for the period 2021…
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Sandals Resorts & Bahamas Labour Dept. host job fair to hire 300 workers ahead of hotel’s reopening

200 employees to be hired at Sandals Royal Bahamian while 100 to be hired at Sandals Emerald Bay  NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As Sandals Resorts International (SRI) prepares to officially reopen its Royal Bahamian property that has been closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is hosting a job fair…
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Bahamas Labour Dept. expands efforts to facilitate employment with Online Skills Bank

“Because of the Online Skills Bank, it has a greater reach, and so we see a lot of persons now applying in various disciplines…” — Christopher Farrington, public employment services officer NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas Department of Labour’s efforts to assist citizens and residents with gainful employment has become more digitized over the last…
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