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

Twenty Per Cent Increase in NIS Payment

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, has announced that old-age benefits payable under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will be increased by 20 per cent. Making her contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on...
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (second left) and Senior Director, Civil Society and Education at Winrock International, David Dobrowolski (second right), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the launch of the Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labour (CLEAR II) Project in Jamaica on Tuesday (June 26), at the Terra All-Suite Nova Hotel in St. Andrew. Observing are Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (left); and Political/Economic Officer, United States Embassy Jamaica, Daniel Walker.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (second left) and Senior Director, Civil Society and Education at Winrock International, David Dobrowolski (second right), sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the launch of the Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labour (CLEAR II) Project in Jamaica on Tuesday (June 26), at the Terra All-Suite Nova Hotel in St. Andrew. Observing are Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (left); and Political/Economic Officer, United States Embassy Jamaica, Daniel Walker.

Government to Develop Light and Hazardous Work List for Children
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (second left), shakes hands with Senior Director, Civil Society and Education at Winrock International, David Dobrowolski (second right) at the launch of the Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labour (CLEAR II) Project in Jamaica on Tuesday (June 26) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. Looking on are Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts-Risden (left) and Political/Economic Officer, United States Embassy, Daniel Walker.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (second left), shakes hands with Senior Director, Civil Society and Education at Winrock International, David Dobrowolski (second right) at the launch of the Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labour (CLEAR II) Project in Jamaica on Tuesday (June 26) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew. Looking on are Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts-Risden (left) and Political/Economic Officer, United States Embassy, Daniel Walker.

Minister Calls on Jamaicans to Put an End to Child Labour
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (standing, centre), looks on while past student of the Abilities Foundation, Aziza Anderson (seated right), gets her nails manicured by cosmetology student at the Foundation, Abigail Rose (seated, left). Also observing are cosmetology instructor, Caroline Patterson (left); and Managing Director at the Abilities Foundation, Susan Hamilton. Occasion was an Abilities Day event held at the Foundation on Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew, on May 31.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (standing, centre), looks on while past student of the Abilities Foundation, Aziza Anderson (seated right), gets her nails manicured by cosmetology student at the Foundation, Abigail Rose (seated, left). Also observing are cosmetology instructor, Caroline Patterson (left); and Managing Director at the Abilities Foundation, Susan Hamilton. Occasion was an Abilities Day event held at the Foundation on Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew, on May 31.

Gov’t Empowering Disabled Persons Through Skills Training
Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, assists with the painting of the Cumberland Road Health Centre in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Labour Day (May 23). The health centre was one of two projects that received national focus during this year’s Labour Day activities.
Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, assists with the painting of the Cumberland Road Health Centre in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Labour Day (May 23). The health centre was one of two projects that received national focus during this year’s Labour Day activities.

Codes of Practice to Protect Persons with Disabilities

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Labour Ministry Takes Position in Growth Drive

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is working to reposition itself as a driver of growth as the Government advances its mandate for increased job creation and development. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Collette Roberts-Risden, said this is the philosophy that will guide the Ministry towards the future. She also noted that this is a key recommendation of the...
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Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Damion Graham (foreground), paints a section of wall at Calabar Infant, Primary and Junior High School in Kingston on Labour Day, Wednesday, May 23. In the background is recruit under the Government’s Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme, Sandy Douglas, who is attached to the UDC.
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UDC Carries Out Improvements at Calabar Infant, Primary and Junior High

Members of staff of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) were out in full force on Labour Day, May 23 to carry out renovations at the Calabar Infant, Primary and Junior High School in downtown Kingston. The entity’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Damion Graham, led the team in repairing the roof and repainting the interior of the computer laboratory, repainting bathrooms,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP
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2018 National Labour Day and Workers’ Week Message – PM Holness

The foundation of the modern Jamaican Nation is built on struggles of the Jamaican worker. Indeed, the labour movement which evolved out of the 1938 labour riots, also created the first viable platform on which ambitions for nationhood and later Independence could be launched. It was the issues affecting labour and the working class, that galvanized the masses and out...
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Minister Grange Commends Sponsors of Labour Day Projects

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is praising the various individuals and organisations that have come forward to lend their support to this year’s Workers’ Week and Labour Day activities. Labour Day is being observed on Wednesday, May 23 under the theme ‘Ramp it up…Fix it up’. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Ms. Grange...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), greet Therese Braham after the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day church service at the Portmore Holiness Christian Church, Hellshire, St. Catherine, on May 20.
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Businesses Urged to Support Ramps for Schools Project

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is calling on corporate entities to match the $50-million allocation by the Government to equip public schools with wheelchair ramps. An initial 126 institutions, two in each of the island’s 63 constituencies, are being targeted under the ‘Ramps for Schools’ project. Work will get under way at the St...
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State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, (second right), speaks with (from left) Divisional Director, Industrial Relations and Allied Services, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Gillian Corrodus; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden; and the President of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, Helene Davis White, at the National Workers’ Week Productivity Forum on May 17 at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.
Labour

Labour Ministry Continues Push for Greater Levels of Productivity

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security continues to champion productivity as a means of driving economic growth. State Minister, Hon. Zavia Mayne, said labour productivity or output must be improved by each worker in order to realise progress in advancing the country’s standard of living in the short- to long-term. He argued that by improving labour output, jurisdictions such...
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