This is to advise that the Ministry’s St. Mary Parish Office at 51 Stennett Street, Port Maria, St. Mary will be closed to the public on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. This closure is to facilitate a comprehensive sanitization exercise. The office will be re-opened for business on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. The Ministry apologises for the inconvenience...

This is to advise that the Ministry’s St. Ann Parish Office at 4 Windsor Road, St. Ann’s Bay, St. Ann will be closed to the public today,Tuesday, March 30, 2021. This closure is to facilitate a comprehensive sanitization exercise. The office will be re-opened for business on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. The Ministry apologises for the inconvenience...

This is to advise that the Ministry’s Harbour Street Office at 108 Harbour Street, Kingston will be closed to the public on Friday, March 26, 2021. This closure is to facilitate a comprehensive sanitization exercise. The office will be re-opened for business on Monday, March 29, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. The Ministry apologises for the inconvenience caused.

Jamaica is to submit its first report on the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention (Convention 189). This follows Cabinet’s approval for its submission. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure, informed that Jamaica’s report to the ILO provides an overview of the measures the Government has instituted to enforce the Convention, including...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon Karl Samuda, says that improving productivity and adapting to the new norm is of utmost importance as Jamaica strives to become a more productive economy. Minister Samuda, whose address was read by the Director of Public Relations and Communication in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), Vando Palmer, at the Jamaica...

The Ministry of Labour & Social Security is advising the Public that persons utilizing our services may experience delays at some of our Offices. The impact of the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases Island wide and the implementation of the new Orders under the Disaster Risk Management Act, has negatively impacted the level of staffing within the Offices....

Senior Director, Research and Measurement Unit, Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) Mikhail-Ann Urquhart, says investment in research and development is critical in achieving the levels of productivity needed to boost competiveness and economic growth. “One of the problems that we have in the Caribbean, in general, is that we have very low levels of investment in research and development. Research and...

A sum of $81 million has been allocated in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, towards the continuation of the Integrated Support to the Jamaica Social Protection Strategy project. The initiative is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It aims to support, protect...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is advising that Boxing Day will be observed on Saturday, December 26, 2020. This is in response to a question by the public, whether Monday, December 28 will be observed as a holiday, as December 26 falls on a weekend this year. “Boxing Day is going to be this Saturday (December 26) and...