Barbados Launches Annual Wage Survey on June 1 After 8-Year Data Gap

1 articles · Updated · caribbeannationalweekly.com · May 27

June 1 marks the start of Barbados’ Survey of Employment, Earnings and Hours, a mandatory national employer survey whose preliminary findings are due to the Minimum Wage Board by Aug. 28.
The annual exercise is meant to rebuild detailed job-level data last collected in a comprehensive establishment-based earnings survey in May 2018, covering wages, hours, bonuses and gender pay differences.
Selected businesses must submit payroll, hours-worked and compensation data within 14 working days through an online link, with in-person help available from authorized enumerators.
Officials said no employee names or ID numbers will be collected, and responses will remain confidential and not be shared with tax authorities, the National Insurance Scheme or other regulators.
The government plans to make SEEH a permanent part of Barbados’ statistical system as it shifts wage policy toward a more transparent, evidence-based footing.

With wage data now mandatory, will Barbadian businesses face new burdens or better policies?

Can Barbados's new wage survey finally close its persistent gender pay gap?