New decree on Colombia’s minimum wage to maintain 23.7% hike: labor minister
Colombia’s government is expected to decree a 23.7% minimum wage hike for the second time...
Tag: unemployment
Colombia’s August unemployment rate reaches lowest point since 2001
Colombia’s monthly unemployment rate fell 1.1 percentage points to 8.6% in August, the...
Labor and unemployment
Colombia has traditionally had of the highest unemployment rates in the hemisphere, which has worsened over the past few years.
Unemployment in Colombia drops to pandemic’s lowest level
Unemployment in Colombia dropped to its lowest lowest since the beginning of the Covid-19...
Coronavirus crisis bankrupted 500K of Colombia’s small businesses
The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic destroyed almost 9% of Colombia’s...
Colombia’s failing state | Part 3: the generation with no future
Colombia’s government is destroying the future of the country’s children, teenagers...
Colombia tries to recover loss of formal jobs with informal labor
As Colombia’s formal economy is struggling to recover from the coronavirus, many are...
Colombia considering 20% minimum wage cut for new jobs
Colombia’s finance minister proposed to temporarily allow employers to hire workers for 80%...
Employment in Colombia barely recovering from COVID-19 collapse
Unemployment in Colombia is recovering only slightly from the historic economic collapse between...
Unemployment in Colombia rises further despite reopening economy
Colombia’s unemployment rose to 21.4% in May, despite efforts to reactivate the economy that...
Colombia’s April unemployment rate skyrockets to 19.8%
The coronavirus pandemic triggered Colombia’s unemployment rate to skyrocket to 19.8% in April, a...
Colombia declares 2nd state of emergency to subsidize small business wages
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque issued a second state of emergency on Wednesday and...
