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...

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...

A statue is to be commissioned by next year to complete the Workers Monument located in the vicinity of the Kingston Craft Market on Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston. This commitment was given by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, at a Rededication and Remembrance ceremony today (May 22), at the site of the monument. The monument...

The Government will be carrying out restoration work on several national monuments, as part of activities for Labour Day, which will be observed on May 23. These include the Workers Monument in downtown Kingston, the Workers Park in Frome, Westmoreland, the Workers Memorial in Islington, St. Mary and the Tacky monument in Port Maria. Minister of Labour and Social Security,...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to come out and clean up their communities on Labour Day, which is being observed on Tuesday, May 23. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay, made the call while speaking at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank on Thursday (May 18) at the agency’s head office in...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says she is pleased that after more than 20 years, the Occupational, Safety and Health (OSH) Bill has been tabled in Parliament. “It has been a long road for this Bill. This landmark statute is expected to significantly improve working conditions in all areas of economic activity by reducing the occurrences...

Community groups planning to paint pedestrian crossings for Labour Day are being urged to check with the National Works Agency (NWA) before embarking on such projects. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay, said it is the responsibility of the works agency to scientifically map out the locations for the placement of...