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Caribbean Employers’ Confederation President, Wayne Chen (left), interacts with a Jamaican agricultural worker in the production area of a rutabaga farm in Canada. A special factfinding team from Jamaica travelled to Canada to analyse the status of locals participating in that country’s seasonal agricultural workers programme.
Caribbean Employers’ Confederation President, Wayne Chen (left), interacts with a Jamaican agricultural worker in the production area of a rutabaga farm in Canada. A special factfinding team from Jamaica travelled to Canada to analyse the status of locals participating in that country’s seasonal agricultural workers programme.

Jamaica’s Farm Work Programme Fact-Finding Team Returns from Canada

All the members of Jamaica’s fact-finding team, appointed to assess the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme in Canada, have returned. The last set of individuals to return arrived in the island on October 24, following a two-week visit. The task force,...
Caribbean Employers’ Confederation President, Wayne Chen (left), interacts with a Jamaican farm worker in the production area of a rutabaga farm in Canada today (October 12). A special fact-finding team from Jamaica is in the North American country to probe the status of the workers.
Caribbean Employers’ Confederation President, Wayne Chen (left), interacts with a Jamaican farm worker in the production area of a rutabaga farm in Canada today (October 12). A special fact-finding team from Jamaica is in the North American country to probe the status of the workers.

Jamaican Farm Workers in Canada Welcome Factfinders
Members of a special fact-finding team, assessing the status of Jamaicans participating in the seasonal agricultural workers’ programme in Canada, meet at the Jamaican Liaison Service office in Toronto on Tuesday (October 11). The members (from left) are Deputy Chairman, Industrial Dispute Tribunal (IDT), Danny Roberts; President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), Helene Davis-Whyte; and President, Caribbean Employers’ Federation (CEF), Wayne Chen.
Members of a special fact-finding team, assessing the status of Jamaicans participating in the seasonal agricultural workers’ programme in Canada, meet at the Jamaican Liaison Service office in Toronto on Tuesday (October 11). The members (from left) are Deputy Chairman, Industrial Dispute Tribunal (IDT), Danny Roberts; President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), Helene Davis-Whyte; and President, Caribbean Employers’ Federation (CEF), Wayne Chen.

Jamaican Fact-Finding Team In Canada To Assess Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (left) along with others (from second left), Rev. Dr. Henroy Samuels; Host Minister at the Webster Memorial United Church, Rev. Delroy Harris; and former chairperson, Webster Memorial United Church Harvest Planning Committee, Andrea C. Whyte, view the fruits displayed at the Church in Kingston on September 25.
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (left) along with others (from second left), Rev. Dr. Henroy Samuels; Host Minister at the Webster Memorial United Church, Rev. Delroy Harris; and former chairperson, Webster Memorial United Church Harvest Planning Committee, Andrea C. Whyte, view the fruits displayed at the Church in Kingston on September 25.

PHOTOS: Senior Citizens Church Service
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the semi-virtual launch of National Senior Citizens Week 2022, at the AC Hotel by Marriott, Kingston on Wednesday (September 21).
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses the semi-virtual launch of National Senior Citizens Week 2022, at the AC Hotel by Marriott, Kingston on Wednesday (September 21).

Framework Being Instituted to Implement Revised National Policy for Senior Citizens

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Executive Director of the National Council for Senior Citizens, Cassandra Morrison.
Labour

Revised National Policy for Senior Citizens to be Presented Sept. 21

The revised National Policy for Senior Citizens will be presented to the country on Wednesday, September 21. “This is a very important occasion, because the National Policy has been in the revision process for some time, so we are happy to present a final document, which is a framework or roadmap for ageing in Jamaica,” Executive Director of the National...
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Acting Coordinator for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Social Intervention Programme, Sylvester Anderson.
Labour

Labour Ministry to Host Recruitment and Job Opportunity Fair

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Jamaica Labour Market Information System and Social Intervention Propramme (SIP) will host a recruitment and job opportunity fair on Friday (September 16). The event is slated for the Webster Memorial United Church Hall, Half-Way-Tree Road, Kingston, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Acting Coordinator for the SIP, Sylvester Anderson, told JIS News that...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, converses with High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Emina Tudakovic, during the diplomat’s courtesy call at the Ministry’s North Street offices in Kingston on Thursday (September 1). They met to discuss Minister Samuda’s recent visit to Canada.
Labour

PHOTOS: Minister Samuda Meets with High Commissioner Tudakovic

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, converses with High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency, Emina Tudakovic, during the diplomat’s courtesy call at the Ministry’s North Street offices in Kingston on Thursday (September 1). They met to discuss Minister Samuda’s recent visit to Canada.
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Acting Director of the National Insurance Division at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Amin Fagan.
LabourSocial Security

NIS Life Certificates Must Be Completed Properly Before Submission

Pensioners must ensure that their life certificate is completed correctly before submitting it to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), says Acting Director at the National Insurance Division at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Amin Fagan. Life certificates are issued through the Post Office by the NIS office for pensioners to complete and return as proof that he or...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda
LabourPress ReleaseSocial Security

Monday, August 8, 2022 is a Normal Working Day

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is advising members of the public that Monday, August 8, 2022, is a normal working day. Section 2 of the Holidays (Public General) Act, and the Schedule to said Act, provide that Independence Day shall be celebrated on the 6th day of August. However, where August 6th falls on a Sunday, Independence Day...
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