Workers organizations called on the Colombian government Wednesday to address unemployment in the country which stood at 12.5% in January 2012, Caracol Radio reported. The labor groups aked the government…
Unemployment in Colombia reached 12.5% in January against 13.6% in the same month last year, national statistics department DANE announced Wednesday. According to Director of the DANE Christian Jaramillo, the…
Colombia’s unemployment rate may rise to double digits again, said a former director of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) on Tuesday. The DANE will release its monthly report…
US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis met with Colombia Minister of Labor Rafael Pardo and announced a $2 million grant for the International Labor Organization (ILO) to assist with the…
Colombia’s average unemployment over 2011 was 10.8%, one percentage point less than the year before, the government’s statistics agency said Tuesday. According to statistics agency DANE, unemployment has been dropping…
Twelve companies contracted by Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales have been fined more than $66,000 for not guaranteeing the labor rights of their employees. According to Labor vice minister David…
Colombia had the highest unemployment rate in Latin America in 2011, according to a comparative study by the International Labour Organisation. The results of the study were presented by the…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a bill Wednesday that eliminates wage discrimination against women. “I just enacted this law which will eliminate discrimination that exists today against women with…
Colombia’s urban unemployment rate, traditionally the main measurement of joblessness in the country, declined in November as faster economic growth appears to be fueling job creation. Colombia’s urban unemployment rate…