German Ship Repair Jamaica (GSRJ) Limited, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, will host a Job Fair on Wednesday, September 20, on the grounds of the Ministry, 1F North Street, Kingston, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Chief Executive Officer of the GSRJ, Colonel Martin Rickman, told JIS News that the GSRJ has been in existence...

Beneficiaries under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) can access support for employment or to pursue further studies. These include Steps to Work, Post-Secondary (Education) Grants and Tertiary (Education) Bursaries. Steps to Work is aimed at facilitating a structured system for assisting working-age members of poor families to seek and retain employment. Beneficiaries can access entrepreneurship training...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), meets with Executives of the Jamaica Government Pensioners Association, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s North Street offices in Kingston, on September 6.

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says more youth, particularly young men, are needed in Jamaica’s labour force to ensure the nation’s continued economic growth. He notes that despite the country’s unemployment rate falling to a record low 4.5 per cent, an untapped pool of young people remains outside the labour force. Mr. Holness said many of these youth...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), converses with Honorary Consul for the Republic of the Philippines in Jamaica, Keith Russell, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s offices in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (August 30). They discussed strengthening bilateral relations and exploring avenues of cooperation between the nations.

Families on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) will receive an additional sum of $3,500 to help with back-to-school expenses, for each child registered in a public school from grades one to 13. The sum will be disbursed with the next PATH beneficiary payment scheduled for mid-August, in addition to regular payments of between $3,800 and $5,600....

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., will be visiting several farms under the Overseas Farm Work Programme in North America, amid investigations into recent allegations of victimisation. Five farm workers participating in the programme were repatriated to Jamaica on August 8. Speaking on the Nationwide News Network (NNN) radio segment, ‘Ask the Minister’, today (August 22), the...