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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), in conversation with Director of the United Nations Population Fund, Alison Drayton, during the launch of Senior Citizens’ Week 2017, held on September 21 at The Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. Under the theme ‘Seniors Promoting Intergenerational Solidarity’, Senior Citizens’ Week will be observed from September 24 to October 3.

National Registry for Seniors

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is ensuring the safety and security of the nation’s elderly citizens through the development of a National Registry for Seniors. Speaking at the launch of Senior Citizens’ Week 2017 on September 21 at...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), delivers a presentation to a team at the Ministry during a ceremony hosted for a visit by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on September 6. In the audience (front row, from left), is IDB Country Representative, Therese Turner Jones; and IDB Executive Vice-President, Julie Katzman. The visit was hosted at the Ministry’s North Street office to highlight to IDB the location and operation of the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) programme, a component of the Labour Market Information System (LMIS).

Labour Market Information System Facilitates Jobs for 2,000 Persons

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), presents Horace Allen with a relief cheque, at the Linstead New Testament Church of God, in Commodore, St. Catherine, on July 21. Occasion was a ceremony to commence distribution of the $35 million relief grant for households which were damaged during the recent flood.

Government Begins Distribution Of Relief Funds

Chairman of the Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Silvera Castro (right), in discussion with President of the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE), Vincent Morrison. Occasion was the final session in a series of islandwide consultations on the national minimum wage at the North Street Offices of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in downtown Kingston, on July 13.

Chairman Proposes Review Period for Employers

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), is in light conversation with Chairman of the Labour Market Reform Commission (LMRC), Dr. Marshall Hall (left), while LMRC Commissioner, Dr. Michael Witter, looks on. Occasion was the LMRC’s End-of-Project Forum on Friday (July 7), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.

Labour Market Reform Key to Economic Growth – Minister Robinson

Chairman of the Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Silvera Castro (2nd left), makes a point to Commission member, St. Patrice Ennis (4th left), at a regional consultation held on July 4, at Hotel Tim Bamboo, in Portland. Listening (from left) are Hotelier Hugh Perry, and member of the Commission, Bernita Locke.

9 years ago Labour

Minimum Wage Consultation Held in Portland

Residents of Portland turned out on July 4 to give their views on the minimum wage, at a regional consultation held at Hotel Tim Bamboo, in the parish. Several of them proposed that the national minimum wage should be increased to $8,000 per 40-hour week, and the wage for industrial security guards should be moved to $10,000 per 40-hour week....

9 years ago Labour

Labour Ministry to begin Pre-Selection of Persons for Farm Work Programme

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is advising that no recruitment for the Overseas Employment Programme will begin on June 26. Instead, the Ministry will begin the pre-selection of persons who already submitted farm work applications in May. The programme provides opportunities for hundreds of Jamaicans on Canadian and American farms yearly. Recruitment for the programme is done based...

9 years ago Labour

Labour Ministry to begin Preselection of Persons for Farm Work Programme

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is advising that no recruitment for the Overseas Employment Programme will begin on June 26. Instead, the Ministry will begin the preselection of persons who already submitted farm work applications in May. The programme provides opportunities for hundreds of Jamaicans on Canadian and American farms yearly. Recruitment for the programme is done based...

Director of the Child Labour Unit in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Marva Pringle-Ximinnies.

9 years ago Labour

Steady Gains Made in Tackling Child Labour

Steady gains have been made in tackling child labour in Jamaica by the Child Labour Unit in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and other State agencies with a special focus on children. Since Jamaica signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2000, significant work has been done in addressing the issue. Director of...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, greets some of the first batch of farmworkers to be sent to Canada for 2017. The group of approximately 375 left the island in January.

9 years ago Labour

Preselection for Overseas Employment Programme Begins June 26

Pre-selection for the Overseas Employment Programme, administered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, will be held between June 26 and July 17. This programme provides opportunities for hundreds of Jamaicans on Canadian and American farms yearly. Recruitment for the programme is done based on the needs of employers. The last recruitment was done in 2015 and resulted in...

9 years ago Labour

Jamaica Deposits Ratification Instruments at 106th ILO Conference in Geneva

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Honourable Shahine Robinson on 13 June 2017, deposited Jamaica's instruments of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) as well as of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930. Jamaica is the 84th Member State of the ILO that ratifies the land-mark Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as...

Director of the Child Labour Unit, Marva Pringle-Ximinnies, discussing the need for Jamaicans to protect children from child labour.

9 years ago Labour

Jamaicans Urged to Reject Culture of Child Labour

Jamaicans are being encouraged to reject the culture of child labour and, instead, report suspected cases to the relevant authorities. The call comes from Director of the Child Labour Unit in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Marva Pringle-Ximinnies. She told JIS News that the issue of child labour in Jamaica, in some cases, has become culturally accepted. “I...