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Chief Technical Director, Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), Tamar Nelson. (FILE)

JPC Stages Virtual Discussion Forum On Productivity Friday

Members of the public are invited to participate in the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) ‘Productivity in Focus’ virtual discussion session on Friday (June 19), under the theme ‘Work Smarter not Harder’. The event, oganised in observance of World Productivity Day...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, signs the condolence book for the late Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, at the St John’s Anglican Church Hall in Ocho Rios, St Ann during a public viewing on Friday (June 12).

Mourners Pay Respects to Shahine Robinson

Some of the farmworkers who left the island today (June 12), for the United States.

Farmworkers Leave For The United States

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, provides an update on Jamaica’s response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, during a digital media briefing on Sunday (May 31). The briefing was held at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre.

Physical Distancing Must Be Observed In Workplaces – PM

Certain Categories Of Employees Can Continue To Work From Home

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, who passed away on Friday (May 29).

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Minister Shahine Robinson Passes

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, died on Friday (May 29) at the age of 66. Minister Robinson, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East St. Ann, fell ill last year. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, had visited the ailing Minister earlier this...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) interacting with Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange during the ceremony for the National Labour Day project at St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston on Monday (May 25).

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Jamaicans Urged To Follow Protocols As They Return To Work On June 1

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging Jamaicans who will be returning to work on June 1, to act responsibly and follow the protocols that have been implemented to lessen the possibility of their contracting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and minimise the spread of the virus. “We know the measures that we have to take until we get...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right), makes remarks before placing a wreath at the Aggie Bernard Monument, Kingston Craft Market, downtown Kingston, on May 19, in recognition of National Workers’ Week/Labour Day. Workers’ Week is being observed under the theme ‘Together we rise, together we build and together we progress’, to pay tribute to Jamaican workers who participated in the 1938 Labour Riots, which led to improved working conditions for the workers of today. Waiting to place their wreaths (from left) are State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne; Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right); and Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis.

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PHOTOS: Laying Of Wreaths In Recognition of National Workers’ Week/Labour Day

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right), makes remarks before placing a wreath at the Aggie Bernard Monument, Kingston Craft Market, downtown Kingston, on May 19, in recognition of National Workers’ Week/Labour Day. Workers’ Week is being observed under the theme ‘Together we rise, together we build and together we progress’, to pay tribute to...

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Clean Up, Fix Up, This Labour Day … Minister Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is encouraging Jamaicans to use Labour Day to “clean up and fix up” their home environments and heighten preparations for the upcoming hurricane season. This year’s Labour Day will be observed on Monday, May 25 under the theme ‘Labour at Home’. Minister Grange said that the theme is relevant in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a digital press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (May 18).

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Work From Home Order Expires May 31

Come June 1, employees who have been working from home since March as part of measures to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19), will be allowed to return to work. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who indicated that Government will not be renewing the work-from-home order when it expires at the end of May. However, Mr....

Divisional Director for Industrial Relations and Allied Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Gillian Corrodus.

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May 17 To 25 Is Workers’ Week

Divisional Director for Industrial Relations and Allied Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Gillian Corrodus, says the observation of Workers’ Week 2020 provides an opportunity for Jamaicans to reflect on the achievements of the past and plan for the future. “It is to reflect on what we have been doing for many years but also to [look]...

Public Education Officer at the Forestry Department, Daniel Dunkley, plants a Caribbean Pine in the British Forest Estate in Clarendon. The Department is offering free timber seedlings to the public for Labour Day, starting on May 18.

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Seedlings To Plant On Labour Day

The Forestry Department in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation is making its resources readily available to the public, so that persons can ‘Labour at Home’ in keeping with the theme for Labour Day this year. “This is an opportunity for members of the public, because starting Monday (May 18), we are going to be, for a two-week...