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Some 177 farm workers departed the island this morning (January 5), to take up employment on farms in Toronto, Canada. The men, who met with Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles, at the Ministry's Overseas Employment Services Centre, downtown Kingston, before departing the island, are the first batch of workers to leave the country for 2011. They will...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be observing Labour Market Information System (LMIS) Month during January 2011. The objective is to promote and increase awareness of the LMIS in order to facilitate its growth and effectiveness in developing a responsive labour market in Jamaica. The Internet-based LMIS is a one-stop data/information source as well as job placement facility....

It takes patience and deep commitment to work at any one agency for over 30 years, but it takes talent and aptitude to do an excellent job and make an indelible contribution throughout those years. This is true for Director of the Agricultural Marketing and Information Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and 2010 Civil Servant of the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles has declared that Monday, December 27, 2010 will be observed as a public holiday. Speaking in an interview with JIS News today (December 24), the Minister said he made the decision in keeping with the powers conferred on him as the Minister of Labour, under the Holidays (Public General) Act. There...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is conducting assessment in Portland to determine the extent of the damage in the parish from last Friday's (Dec. 17) heavy rains. Acting Parish Manager, Maxwell Hamilton, told JIS News that a special team from his office has been dispatched to the affected areas. He informed that assistance was being provided for occupants...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be re-launching its Labour Market Information System (LMIS) website in early January, to facilitate new employment and training opportunities for persons with varied skills. The system is an employment facility to satisfy the needs of job seekers and employers. It provides a cost effective means of sourcing and recruiting suitable employees. Job...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be re-launching its Labour Market Information System (LMIS) website in early January, to facilitate new employment and training opportunities for persons with varied skills. The system is an employment facility to satisfy the needs of job seekers and employers. It provides a cost effective means of sourcing and recruiting suitable employees. Job...

Minister of Sate in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Andrew Gallimore, says the wider society must recognise that deaf persons are making useful contributions to the country. "Being deaf is not a major disability; the greatest disability that deaf people face is the response of the people around them. A deaf person is able to do anything...

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will be re-introducing the specially branded NI Gold cards during the coming year. These cards will be printed by the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EoJ), and will include the pensioners' photographs so that they can also be used for identification purposes. "We will be going back to partnering with the EoJ in doing these cards...

A total 247 Jamaicans were placed in jobs over the three-month period April to June 2010 through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security's Labour Market Information System (LMIS). In addition, 584 job vacancies were posted on the online job search and placement facility and 1,031 persons were referred for proper training. The system attracted 2,177 job seekers over the...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has reported an increase of more than 21, 000 new jobs between April and July 2010, indicating economic recovery. Director General of the PIOJ, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, said the increase was due largely to increased employment in the wholesale and retail sector, which went up by 12, 900 persons, and transport, storage and communications,...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, is insisting on better cooperation and more discussion on consensus between employers and employees. This will create a better work environment and a better labour force, as employers alone cannot handle decisions at the workplace, Mr. Charles told the opening ceremony of the Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica (HRMAJ) at...