The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is assuring Jamaican farm workers participating in the Canadian Temporary Foreign Workers Programme (TFWP) that there is a cadre of liaison officers assigned to safeguard their welfare and ensure the preservation of the engagement’s integrity. This is in response to United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur, Tomoya Obokata’s report, which criticises aspects of the...

September is observed in Jamaica as Senior Citizens Month, with the last week, September 24 to October 1, being observed as Senior Citizens Week. Under the theme ‘Embracing Wisdom, Uniting Generations’, the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) has planned several activities to be executed during the period. Speaking with JIS News, Executive Director of the NCSC, Cassandara Morrison, said...

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.