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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson. (FILE)

Cabinet to Receive Labour Market Commission’s Final Report June 30

Cabinet is expected to receive the final report from the Labour Market Reform Commission by June 30. Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, said the report will facilitate more fulsome discussion on the body’s recommendations arising from its...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), converses with Director General, International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder (centre); and Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Government of the Virgin Islands, Dr. the Hon. Kedrick Pickering. Occasion was the opening of the 10th ILO meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 23.

Caribbean Labour Ministers Discuss Growth and Employment

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), in conversation with (from left), President of the Caribbean Congress of Labour, Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson; and President of the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation, Wayne Chen, during the opening ceremony for the Caribbean Future of Work Forum, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on February 22.

Reform of Labour Market in Progress

Jamaica to Host ILO Meeting February 23-24

Executive Director of the National Council for Senior Citizens, Cassandra Morrison.

Over 40 to be Honoured by National Council for Senior Citizens

9 years ago LabourSocial Security

Increased Allocation to PATH

Come June 1, the Government will increase its budgetary allocation to the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) by 30 per cent. This will benefit some 360,000 persons who are on the programme, says Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson. Making her contribution to the 2017/2018 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on April...

9 years ago LabourVision 2030

Optimizing OSH Data Collection for Preventative Strategies in Workplaces

As Jamaica joins the world in observing World Day for Safety and Health At Work, it gives me great pleasure to report that the long-awaited Occupational Safety and Health Bill has been tabled in Parliament. This landmark legislation embodies the Ministry’s deep desire to ensure that every Jamaican worker can enjoy decent condition of work, consistent with human dignity. Decent...

9 years ago Labour

OSH Bill to be Tabled this Year

The Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Bill is tabled this year. This legislation is geared at securing the safety and health of all Jamaican workers. This was stated by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, while delivering the 2017-18 Throne Speech in Parliament on February 9. The Government...

9 years ago Labour

Labour Minister Commends JIC

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, is praising the Joint Industrial Council (JIC) for ensuring stability in the building and construction industry. “Joint Industrial Councils are very special to our industrial relations culture. I commend you for the excellent relationship that you share, one which no doubt characterises goodwill, co-operation and reciprocity,” she said. Her remarks were...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (5th left) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Collette Roberts Risden (4th right), with United States employers who are in the island recruiting Jamaicans for the hotel sector in that country. The Minister hosted the employers at breakfast at the Hilton Rose Hall resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on January 17.

9 years ago Labour

19% Increase in Hotel Workers to the US

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says there was a 19 per cent increase in the number of Jamaicans who gained employment through the United States (US) hotel programme in 2016, compared to 2015. Addressing a breakfast meeting with a number of US hotel employers at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort & Spa in Montego Bay on...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, addresses the first group of farmworkers to be dispatched to Canada for 2017, at the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston, yesterday (January 3).

9 years ago Labour

Highly Qualified Persons to be Included in Overseas Employment Programme

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Programme is being diversified to include highly qualified and skilled workers. Since the beginning of December 2016, the Ministry has been actively recruiting Information Technology (IT) specialists to work in North America as part of a pilot programme being undertaken in partnership with the Jamaican diaspora in the United States of...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, greets some farm workers as they board the bus yesterday (January 3) after they were dispatched at the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in Kingston to work in Canada.

9 years ago Labour

375 Farm Workers Leave for Canada January 4

The first batch of farm workers for 2017 were dispatched yesterday (January 3), at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Overseas Employment Services Centre, in downtown Kingston. The group of approximately 375 workers is scheduled to leave the island on Wednesday, January 4 to take up employment opportunities in greenhouse production of vegetables, fruits and other agricultural crops in...