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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), launches the Documentation, Information and Access Services Unit (DIAS) Records Management Competition 2014, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s North Street offices on December 18. Also sharing in the moment are (from left): Registrar, Documentation, Information and Access Services Unit (DIAS), in the Ministry, Winston Walker; Chief Technical Director, Ministry, Errol Miller; and Records Manager, University of the West Indies, Sonia Black.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), launches the Documentation, Information and Access Services Unit (DIAS) Records Management Competition 2014, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s North Street offices on December 18. Also sharing in the moment are (from left): Registrar, Documentation, Information and Access Services Unit (DIAS), in the Ministry, Winston Walker; Chief Technical Director, Ministry, Errol Miller; and Records Manager, University of the West Indies, Sonia Black.

Labour Ministry Launches Records Management Competition

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has launched its Records Management Competition 2014, under the theme ‘Keep or Toss’. The contest, which is open to MLSS records staff in all 14 parishes, is meant as an incentive to officers,...
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), and Director, Occupational Safety and Health Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Robert Chung, unveil the Ministry’s National Workplace Policy on HIV and AIDS, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on December 16. Jamaica’s Occupational Safety and Health Profile was also launched by Mr. Kellier.
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), and Director, Occupational Safety and Health Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Robert Chung, unveil the Ministry’s National Workplace Policy on HIV and AIDS, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on December 16. Jamaica’s Occupational Safety and Health Profile was also launched by Mr. Kellier.

Regulations on Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Workplace Coming
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), listens to a comment from Chairman of the Golden Age Home in Kingston, Fabian Brown, while attending a recent Christmas treat at the institution. At centre is General Manager of the home, Laurette Adams-Thomas.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), listens to a comment from Chairman of the Golden Age Home in Kingston, Fabian Brown, while attending a recent Christmas treat at the institution. At centre is General Manager of the home, Laurette Adams-Thomas.

Health and Wellness Centre for Golden Age Home
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), greets resident of the Golden Age Home, Tanny Johnson (left), while attending a Christmas fair, held on Wednesday, December 11, at the facility located in Vineyard Town, Kingston. Looking on is Chairman of the home, Fabian Brown.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), greets resident of the Golden Age Home, Tanny Johnson (left), while attending a Christmas fair, held on Wednesday, December 11, at the facility located in Vineyard Town, Kingston. Looking on is Chairman of the home, Fabian Brown.

Jamaicans Urged to Care for Senior Citizens
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Derrick Kellier.
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Derrick Kellier.

Canada/Caribbean Seasonal Agriculturalworkers’ Programme Annual Review Meeting

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National Policy on HIV/AIDS to be Launched

In response to the issue of HIV and AIDS within the workplace, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) will be officially launching the National Policy on HIV and AIDS, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, on Monday, September 16, commencing at 6:30 p.m. Director of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), at the Ministry, Robert Chung, informed JIS...
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PIOJ Stages Labour Market Forum Next Week

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will be staging a Labour Market Forum at two venues in Kingston from December 9 to 10. Themed ‘Reshaping the Jamaican Labour Market to Foster Economic Growth and Development’, the two-day forum is intended to provide a platform to discuss ways of developing a comprehensive labour market reform agenda, in tandem with the goal...
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Labour

Minister Kellier Calls for Lifting of Visa Requirement for Canadian Farm Workers

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has called on the Canadian High Commission to give consideration to lifting the visa requirement for seasonal farm workers to the North American country. He made the request to High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, His Excellency, Robert Ready, during the opening of the annual review meeting for the Canada/Caribbean Seasonal...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), has a light moment with delegates at the opening of the 2013 Annual Review Meeting for the Canada/Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme, at the Riu Hotel and Resorts in Montego Bay on December 2.
Labour

Minister Kellier Pledges to Work with Canadian Authorities to Strengthen Farm Workers Programme

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has given the commitment of Jamaica and the wider region, to strengthening the collaboration with authorities in Canada, to ensure the continuation of the seasonal Canada/Caribbean Agricultural Workers Programme. He was addressing the opening of the annual review meeting of the programme, which got underway on Monday, December 2, at the...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), engages in discussion with Abilities Foundation’s garment construction trainee, Johnell Bailey (2nd right) about some of the garments and other items made by her and other trainees, which were on display during the Foundation’s annual ‘Open Day’ event at its Constant Spring Road location in St. Andrew on November 29. Looking on (from left) are: the Foundation’s Managing Director, Susan Hamilton; and trainee, Laquida Hutchinson.
Labour

Persons with Disabilities Can Help Boost Productivity Levels – Minister Kellier

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says many persons with disabilities are industrious and resourceful persons, who can make a meaningful contribution to the country’s labour market and boost productivity levels. “We in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security recognised long ago the need for the development of that 10 to 12 per cent of the population...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, addresses a special Back-to-School press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston, where he announced transport benefits for Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) students, as part of the ‘School we seh’ initiative.
Labour

‘School Wi Seh’ Campaign A Success – Minister Kellier

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is hailing the ‘School Wi Seh’ campaign as a success. He tells JIS News that the achievements under the programme, which has been implemented as a pilot in four high schools in the parish of Clarendon, have enabled the initiative to be expanded across the island. “It is because of the...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (seated centre), is pictured with some of the 1,000 students that will benefit from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Tertiary Bursary intervention for fiscal year 2013/2014. The Minister, November 13, signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with representatives of the 18 institutions, through which the bursaries will be offered, during a ceremony at the Knutsford Court hotel in New Kingston. Director of Social Security in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe (standing 2nd right), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alvin McIntosh (standing at right), also shared in the moment.
Labour

Tertiary Level PATH Students to Benefit from $100 Million in Bursaries

Some 1,000 tertiary level students from Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) households across the island are to benefit from scholarships to complete their studies. The Government of Jamaica is providing $100 million in bursaries, under the PATH Tertiary Bursary to assist these students. Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, on Wednesday, November 13, signed...
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