1 in 10 minors in Colombia engaged in child labor
As the UN marks its annual World Day Against Child Labour, one in every ten children in Colombia regularly works, national media reported Wednesday.
As the UN marks its annual World Day Against Child Labour, one in every ten children in Colombia regularly works, national media reported Wednesday.
For thousands of small and medium-scale miners who have been on strike throughout Colombia since the middle of July, Monday will be a day more or less similar to any…
Domestic workers took a step towards labor equality with a new Colombian government mandate requiring employers to make mandatory social security contributions.
The Colombian government is developing a billion dollar pension subsidy plan for the country’s millions of informal workers, said financial publication Portfolio Monday. The announcement follows a government study reporting…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has defended Colombia’s unemployment rate, but accepted improvement must be made. Santos said Tuesday via Twitter, “We had a single digit unemployment rate. The more…
Colombia’s Labor Minister Rafael Pardo has ordered government institutions to stop using temporary workers, and has given them three weeks to report how many are on the payroll. Pardo said…