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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (seated), operates a bridge simulator, while Phase 1 Deck Cadet, Harvey Otis, looks on. The Minister was on a tour of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) in Kingston on Wednesday, January 29.

CMI Hailed For Providing Quality Training

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is lauding the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) for providing the critical training necessary to produce the highly skilled personnel needed for the local and international job markets. “From all indications…the kind of...

Labour Ministry Holds Information Session on Trailer Driver Recruitment

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Derrick Kellier.

Government Advancing Work on Occupational Safety and Health Programme

Director of Economic and Social Research, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Shaine Palmer (2nd left), along with Assistant Professor of Economics, Brockport College, State University of New York (SUNY), USA, Dr. Tamoya Christie (2nd right); and Senior Research Fellow, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, St. Andrew, Dr. Michael Witter (right), are engaged in conversation by Director of Social Security at the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe. Occasion was a recent labour market forum, jointly staged by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Labour Market Information Technical Committee (LMITAC) in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Ministry, at the PIOJ’s New Kingston offices under the theme: ‘Reshaping the Jamaican Labour market to Foster Economic Growth and Development’.

Employers Want Greater Focus on Technical/Vocation Training

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (6th left); and Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (5th left), and other stakeholders, display the National HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy during its recent launch, along with the Jamaica Occupational Safety and Health National Profile, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Others participating in the launch included: parliamentarians, Raymond Pryce (left) and Olivia Grange (2nd left); United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Mission Director in Jamaica, Jeannette Vail (3rd left); Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) Board Member, Keith Comrie (4th left); State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Richard Azan ( 7th left); Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Errol Miller (7th right); Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF), Brenda Cuthbert (5th right); HIV/AIDS Programme Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Peta-Gaye Pryce (4th right); President, Jamaica Network of Seropositives, Paula Samuels (3rd right); Senior Director, Occupational Safety and Health Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Robert Chung (3nd right); and President and Chief Executive Officer, Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), Richard Powell.

Health Minister Welcomes National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS

12 years ago Labour

More Job Prospects for Disabled Persons

The findings of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s 2012 Labour Market Survey are pointing to the prospects of a significant number of additional job opportunities for persons with disabilities in the near future. Director of Economic and Social Research in the Ministry, Shaine Palmer, who made the disclosure during a recent labour market forum, hosted at the Planning...

12 years ago Labour

Hundreds Living with Disabilities Get Help from the JCPD

Approximately 400 persons living with disabilities are given assistance each year by the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD). Since 2008, through government funding, the JCPD has been able to disburse $15 million in grants to the disabled community. Of that sum, $10 million was allocated to the Economic Empowerment Grant (EEG) and $5 million to the Assistive Aid...

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.

12 years ago Labour

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, while highlighting their significant role in maintaining efficient and effective records and information management in the Ministry. Portfolio Minister, Hon....

12 years ago Labour

Regulations on Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Workplace Coming

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is in the process of developing regulations stipulating how the issue of HIV/AIDS must by treated in the workplace. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says the regulations are expected to be guided by a White Paper on the National Workplace Policy on HIV and AIDS, which was approved by both Houses of Parliament...

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.

12 years ago Labour

Health and Wellness Centre for Golden Age Home

The management of the Golden Age Home in Kingston is seeking to establish a health and wellness centre at its Vineyard Town premises, to boost treatment and care provided to the 453 persons residing at the institution. “This health and wellness facility will be able to provide our residents with numerous services,” said General Manager of the home, Laurette Adams-Thomas,...

12 years ago Labour

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...

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.

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Jamaicans Urged to Care for Senior Citizens

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has made a call for Jamaicans to show greater care for the country’s senior citizens. The Minister, who was speaking at a Christmas fair held on December 11, at the Golden Age Home in Kingston, stated that the society will be judged by how it treats its elderly. He said the...