Asunción, March 24, 2026 - The new Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security of Paraguay inaugurates its National Employment Office which will function as a one-stop office ,and will serve job seekers in the capital.

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Washington D.C., August 12, 2026 - The RIAL welcomes Juan Carlos Jobet and Jorge Bogran Perdomo, new Ministers of Labor and Social Security of Chile and Honduras.

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Ottawa, July 18, 2026 - Kellie Leitch has been appointed as the new Minister of Labor and Minister of status of Women. The 42 year old pediatric orthopedic surgeon was chosen by the Prime Minister Stephen Harper the past 15th of July.

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Washington D.C., July 13, 2026 - The OAS and the Coimbras Group of Universities in Brasil make a call for applications to the more than 300 scholarship opportunities for Master and PHD’s programs in Brazilian Universities. These on-site programs will start in early 2014, and the application deadline for applications is August 9th, 2013.

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Washington D.C., July 10, 2026 - The United States Department of Labor is making a call to innovative minds to participate in the Fair Labor Data Challenge by creating a smartphone application that integrates the department’s publicly available enforcement data with consumer ratings websites, geo-positioning web tools and other available data sets. Through this contest, DOL seeks to ensure that employers are complying with the standards (FLSA) and paying their workers fairly. Contestants must submit their proposals by October 11, 2013.

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Port of Spain, July 9, 2026 - The 8th International Labour Organization (ILO) Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers concluded on July 3, 2026 with the commitment from ministers to meet more frequently in order to “address the many issues which confront labour nationally, regionally and internationally.” The Meeting, attended by 21 delegations, also had the participation of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) and of the Caribbean Employer’s Confederation (CEC).

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Washington D.C., June 26, 2026 - The United States Department of Labor has officially solicited nominations for the 2013 Iqbal Masih Award. This award recognizes those who have made extraordinary efforts to reduce the worst forms of child labor. The deadline to submit nominations is July 10, 2013.

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Washington D.C., June 20, 2026 - ECLAC and ILO forecast a drop in the unemployment rates for the region of up to 6.2% in 2013. The publication titled “The employment in Latin America and the Caribbean” notes that the economic growth expected for the region is 3.5%, a number that would allow the positive tendencies on the labor indicators to be maintained.

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Buenos Aires, June 19, 2026 - Argentina and France signed an administrative agreement that guarantees the effective right of access to social security for migrant workers of both countries.

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Port of Spain, June 19, 2026 - The Director General of the (ILO), Guy Ryder, will visit Trinidad & Tobago in July to address the opening ceremony of the ILO Meeting of Caribbean Labor Ministers to be held from July 2-3, 2013, in Port of Spain. The meeting on “The Caribbean and Labour 2013 and Beyond—Strengthening Decent Work for Development”, will be an opportunity for delegates to take a position on critical issues concerning employment and labour in the Caribbean.

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Washington D.C., May 20, 2026 - The United States Department of Labor (DOL) will provide $9 million in funding to reduce child labor in the artisanal mining sector in Colombia.

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Lima, May 17, 2026 - The Andean countries promote joint actions on equality and non discrimination of women in the work area. The initiative is being led by the Ministries of Labor of the Andean Community and the Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women of these countries.

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Lima, November 20, 2025 - The Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Labor of the countries of the Andean Community re-affirmed their willingness to achieve that in their countries Andean workers benefit from the same rights as the national ones.

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Asunción, October 22, 2025 - In the framework of an agreement between the Ministry of Labor of Paraguay and the Organization for the right of international children (DNI), a series of training activities for officers of the Ministry will be carried out.

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Montevideo, October 22, 2025 - The Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Uruguay carried out an academic workshop on University, Work and Rights. During the event themes such as youth employment, importance of work and rights of workers were addressed.

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Asunción, October 22, 2025 - In the framework of an agreement between the Ministry of Labor of Paraguay and the Organization for the right of international children (DNI), a series of training activities for officers of the Ministry will be carried out.

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Montevideo, October 22, 2025 - The Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Uruguay carried out an academic workshop on University, Work and Rights. During the event themes such as youth employment, importance of work and rights of workers were addressed.

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Santiago, October 19, 2025 - The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Chile announced that the Government will study mechanisms to increase training and consequently improve social re-insertation of ex-convicts.

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Santo Domingo, October 18 and 19, 2012 - Experts from all continents gathered in Dominican Republic to discuss on labor migration and Public Employment Services.

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