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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, makes her contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 9.

National Minimum Wage Commission to Consult Public

The National Minimum Wage Commission is to engage the public in consultations on the minimum wage. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, made the disclosure during her contribution to the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, delivers the keynote address at the closing ceremony for the Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labour (CLEAR II) Project, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, in Kingston on Wednesday (July 10). The CLEAR II Project was launched on June 26 last year. The project sought to help reduce child labour in Jamaica.

Labour Ministry to Publish Work List to Protect Children

(FILE) Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, addressing today's (June 26) sitting of the House of Representatives.

Labour Ministry Protecting Security Guards

(FILE) Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, emphasies a point during her contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 26.

JCPD Intensifies Public Education Activities

Director of the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE), Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Lyndon Ford, addressing a JIS Think Tank on June 27.

Jobseekers Encouraged to Make Use of Labour Market Portal

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, makes her contribution to a panel discussion on regional examples of social protection programmes in emergency preparedness and response, at the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

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Social Protection Programmes Help the Vulnerable to Build Resilience

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, says the country’s social protection programmes are moving towards increasing the standard of living and income of the vulnerable, as a means of building disaster resilience. “The fact is, if we can raise their standard of living, their income, level of saving and education… in the long...

Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks.

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JCPD to be Made Body Corporate

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks, says the Council is to be transitioned to a Body Corporate once the Disabilities Act comes into effect. Dr. Hendricks said this transition will give the Council greater autonomy to carry out its mandate of supporting and advocating on behalf of persons with disabilities. Speaking with...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (second left), listens to Chief Executive Officer of Contextual Inc., Andrae Smart (left), as he outlines features of the Ministry’s Labour Market Information System (LMIS) website and mobile application at yesterday’s (June 17) launch, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Also listening (from right) are Executive Director of Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE), Alicia Glasgow-Gentles, and Divisional Director, Industrial Relations and Allied Services at the Ministry, Gillian Corrodus.

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More Than 4,000 Persons Find Jobs Through LMIS

Since the recent upgrading of Jamaica’s Labour Market Information System (LMIS), some 4,208 persons have found jobs, while the system has attracted 1,300 employers and 23,000 jobseekers. Making the disclosure, Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, said the LMIS has had a “significant impact” on the labour market in Jamaica. “The LMIS...

Communication/Social Marketing Coordinator for the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP), Patrice Nephew (second right), speaks with Senior Employer Service Representative, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dave Lumley (left), and trainees, Rajhni Reid (second left); Orlando Leach (third left) and Patrick Turner, at a send-off ceremony for the trainees who will be participating in a six-month overseas employment programme in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The ceremony was held on Monday (June 17), at the CSJP’s Oxford Road offices, in Kingston.

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CSJP Trainees Off to Guantanamo Bay

Eight Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) trainees attached to Operation Friendship are to be employed at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security overseas employment initiative. Senior Employer Service Representative in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dave Lumley, said the programme offers employment opportunities for Jamaicans in Cuba in various skill areas....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (left); Director of Child Labour in the Ministry, Sasha Deer-Gordon (centre) and Country Coordinator, WINROCK International, Cheryl Ivey, join other volunteers in a road march observing World Day Against Child Labour. The march, which started at the Ministry’s 1F North Street location, culminated at the St. William Grant Park in downtown Kingston. World Day Against Child Labour is observed annually on June 12 and focuses attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it. The day is celebrated under the theme ‘Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams’.

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PHOTOS: March Against Child Labour

Prime Minister the Most Hon Andrew Holness delivers his speech at the 108th (Centenary) Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

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PHOTOS: Prime Minister the Most Hon Andrew Holness at the 108th (Centenary) Session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland

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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, converses with National Coordinator for the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Colonel Martin Rickman, during the closing and awards ceremony for the New Employment Opportunities (NEO) Jamaica Project, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew recently.

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Labour Market Information System Being Revamped

The Labour Market Information System (LMIS) is being revamped to make it more user-friendly, efficient and secure. The website, which falls under the purview of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, enables employers to post job openings, and persons seeking employment to upload résumés. Job matching and placements are executed through the LMIS’s Electronic Exchange (ELEX). Permanent Secretary in...