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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

Jobseekers are being encouraged to make use of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Labour Market and Information System (LMIS) portal in order to access employment opportunities. The advice came from Director of the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE), Lyndon...

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's (CDEMA) inaugural Shock-Responsive Social Protection in the Caribbean Regional Symposium, in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, on June 27.

Social Protection Programmes Help the Vulnerable to Build Resilience

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

JCPD to be Made Body Corporate

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.

More Than 4,000 Persons Find Jobs Through 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.

CSJP Trainees Off to Guantanamo Bay

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...

Labour and Social Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (centre), converses with design and décor student at the Abilities Foundation, Sanneisha Harriott (right), during the organisation’s annual Abilities Day expo, on Friday, May 31. The event was held at the Foundation’s complex on Constant Spring Road in St. Andrew. The day served to highlight the Foundation’s programmes and showcase the activities and work of young adults with disabilities who are involved in engagements at the institution. Looking on is the Foundation’s Managing Director, Susan Hamilton.

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PHOTOS: Minister Shahine Robinson Attends Open Day at Abilities Foundation

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, converses with National Coordinator for the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, Colonel Martin Rickman, during Thursday’s (May 30) closing and awards ceremony for the New Employment Opportunities (NEO) Jamaica Project, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

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More Employers Encouraged to Use LMIS to Recruit Workers

More private-sector employers are being encouraged to use the Government’s Labour Market Information System (LMIS), to recruit workers. This is based on the success resulting from partnerships forged between the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, under whose purview the LMIS falls, and entities opting to use the facility, Permanent Secretary, Colette Roberts Risden, has said. She informed that these...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (centre), with students from the Pembroke Methodist Basic School, at the commencement of the Fifth International Safeguarding Children Conference and Exhibition, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, on May 28.

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Labour Minister Calls on All Community Members to Protect Children

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, is calling on all community members to take on the role of protecting children, and help to prevent abuse. The Minister, who was delivering the keynote address at the Fifth International Safeguarding Children Conference and Exhibition on May 28 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, said collective action is needed to deal...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams (centre), is joined by Member of Parliament for Western St. Andrew, Anthony Hylton (left); and Chief Executive Officer for the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Robert Hill, in painting the fence of a community park on Spanish Town Road, St. Andrew, on Labour Day, May 23.

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Green Spaces Across Corporate Area Get Facelift

Several parks and recreational areas across the Corporate Area have been given a much-needed facelift by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAMC). Officials and staff of the entity were joined by corporate sponsors and volunteers in cleaning and beautifying the community areas on Labour Day, May 23. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams, told JIS News that the focus...