Over 1.200 people attended the CHATA Island Job Fair
WILLEMSTAD - Over 1.200 people attended the Island Job Fair hosted by the Curaçao Hospitality and Tourism Association (CHATA) on Saturday, August 18th. Over 25 companies within or related to the tourism sector More...
500 job applicants at the police
WILLEMSTAD - More than 500 people applied for a job at the police. These are now going through 7 different tests, including condition, fear of heights and knowledge of Dutch. Ultimately there is room for 60 people More...
CHATA organizes job fair for the local community
25 participating companies with over 100 vacancies WILLEMSTAD - On Saturday, August 18th, Curaçao Hospitality & Tourism Association (CHATA) is organizing a job fair. During this event, everyone who is looking More...
Cuba publishes new rules for self-employment
HAVANA - The Cuban government has published new rules relating to self-employment in the communist island, which was allowed in 2011 after being frozen for several years and now provides employment to almost 600,000 More...
Financial compensation for cabin crew InselAir’s MD aircraft
WILLEMSTAD - Local airline InselAir may terminate the employment contract with the cabin crew of the MD aircraft on June 1, but every employee must receive a financial compensation. The court decided that at the More...
Layoffs at UTS has started
WILLEMSTAD - The first dismissal round at the telecommunication company UTS has started. 180 employees of the company were told yesterday that the end is in sight. 100 have already voluntarily left. The 180 layoffs More...
Union talks about minimum wage
WILLEMSTAD - It remains a hot topic: the minimum wage. All trade unions meet this week to discuss a plan to introduce the minimum wage. Not surprisingly, the trade unions want the minimum wage to be increased as More...
Unemployment rate in Curaçao in the first half of 2017 remained virtually the same as in September 2016
WILLEMSTAD - For the second time, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) held a Labor Force Survey (LFS) in March to April. Since 2016, CBS has begun conducting a Labor Force Survey twice a year. Normally this research More...
Statistics: “Unemployment rate rose to 13.3 percent”
WILLEMSTAD - The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) held, in the months of September and October 2016, its Labor Force Survey (LFS) in Curaçao. The LFS is a sample survey of households which the CBS performs periodically More...
Larmonie-Cecilia wants minimum wage to gradually go up
WILLEMSTAD - Minister Ruthmilda Larmonie Cecilia of Social Development, Labor and Welfare announced that the minimum wage in Curaçao will be increased gradually. Recently the Central Bureau of Statistics published More...
