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The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has signed a partnership agreement with Food for the Poor (FFP) Jamaica, to provide social housing, valued at $20 million, for families who are beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). This programme will specifically target PATH households that are not able to provide suitable housing for themselves, due...

Approximately 67,500 elderly and disabled persons are to receive cash transfers under the Jamaica PATH Conditional Transfer Programme, this fiscal year. As contained in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, $87 million has been allocated to carry out this and other activities. This includes the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation system; and conducting three activities for the elderly and disabled...

The Government has set aside some $4.5 billion for activities under three critical projects being undertaken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. This is outlined in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. They are the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), for which some $1 billion has been allocated; Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP),...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is calling on employers to develop new ways to improve productivity and achieve harmony in the workplace. He said if management and labour work harder to attain greater levels of industrial harmony much more social stability and economic development can be achieved.   “I believe this is an attainable goal, but...

Approximately 3,000 jobs have already been created under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, has revealed. “They are in varied fields, such as construction, in terms of work being done through by the National Works Agency (NWA) to repair gullies. There are also some road work,  and jobs in education...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) will join the rest of the world in observing World Day for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the workplace, on Saturday, April 28. Themed: ‘Promoting Safety and Health in a Green Economy’, the annual observance will focus international attention on the need to integrate safety and health in green job policies...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says he is pleased with the progress of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), having successfully reached its 46th Anniversary. “We recognise and salute those who were instrumental in the development of this scheme 46 years ago, and also those who continued the journey, which over the years, has benefitted thousands of...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is imploring employers to create a comfortable work environment, that will motivate employees to perform at their optimum, in an effort to increase productivity in the country. “What this implies is the need for employers and their managers to devise operational frameworks, that will enable active participation with regard to the...

The new Government jumped into action immediately after taking office providing employment opportunities for at least 25 Jamaicans, who have been recruited to work at the Kiawah Island Resort in the United States. They joined over 130 Jamaicans already employed at the resort in Charleston, South Carolina. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Minister of Labour and Social Security...

The National Insurance Fund (NIF), from which pensions and other benefits under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) are paid, is now at $70 billion. Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe, made the revelation at a forum on pension reform held yesterday (April 16) at the Management Institute for National Development’s (MIND) Old...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is encouraging Jamaicans to contribute to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), noting that it provides an array of benefits and is also an important vehicle for investing for the future. The Minister was speaking Thursday (April 13), at an Information and Communications Technology (ICT)/Manufacturing/Tourism Labour Forum held at the Wexford Court...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says his Ministry is on a drive to promote the importance of high levels of productivity in achieving steady economic progress. "We... have singled out productivity as one of our main areas of focus and we intend… (to take) this message right across the country,” the Minister told reporters on April...