The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is encouraging all employers and business operators to explore the option of extending their services remotely to customers. This move is recommended as a precautionary measure to safeguard customers and workers to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which is now affecting Jamaica. Employers are also encouraged to make use...

Divisional Director, Industrial Relations and Allied Services, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Ms. Gillian Corrodus, says the Ministry is calling on parents and guardians to ensure that their children are protected and not forced to work. Speaking at the Ministry’s Eastern Roadshow on November 27 at the Anglican Church Hall in Port Maria, St. Mary, she said that the...

The Government, through the Jamaica Productivity Centre, is working on a national policy for productivity. The National Productivity Policy will set the foundation for Jamaica to have a productivity-centred workforce, where goods and services will be produced in keeping with international standards. This was stated by Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne,...

Chairman of the National Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Dr. Ronald Robinson, says recommendations on the national minimum wage and the minimum wage for security guards will be submitted to Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, before the end of January 2020. He said that deliberations on matters arising from the just-concluded minimum wage public consultations are to begin...

The childrearing skills of some 250 parents across four parishes have been significantly boosted following their participation in the final phase of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Parenting Empowerment Project. The parents, who hail from St. Mary, Trelawny, Hanover and Westmoreland, graduated from the six-month pilot training programme, which concluded with a ceremony at the Montego...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, says persons with disabilities are capable of achieving economic and social independence, once they have access to the necessary support services. In his message, read by the Ministry’s Chief Technical Officer, Dionne Jennings, at the media launch of the Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, says the Government remains committed to providing critical social interventions to empower and improve the independence of persons with disabilities. In his message, read by the Ministry’s Chief Technical Officer, Dionne Jennings, at the media launch of the Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair, at...