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Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), exchanges greetings with Executive Director of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Antonica Gunter-Gayle. Occasion was the ground breaking ceremony for a new multi -purpose facility to house the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), at Hanover Street, downtown Kingston on January 20.
Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), exchanges greetings with Executive Director of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Antonica Gunter-Gayle. Occasion was the ground breaking ceremony for a new multi -purpose facility to house the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), at Hanover Street, downtown Kingston on January 20.

ESP to Get $87 Million Multipurpose Facility

A new $87 million facility is to be built to house the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), which caters to children with disabilities. Ground was broken on Wednesday (January 20), for construction of a multi-purpose facility, at the programme’s location on...
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), listens to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden, during a meeting with staff at the St. Andrew offices of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT), today (January 19).
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), listens to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden, during a meeting with staff at the St. Andrew offices of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT), today (January 19).

Office of the IDT to be Established in Western Jamaica
President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards, addresses a JIS Think Tank on January 13. (FILE)
President of JAMPRO, Diane Edwards, addresses a JIS Think Tank on January 13. (FILE)

JAMPRO Facilitates Over $27 Billion in Investment and 8,261 Jobs
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), and Special Advisor in the Ministry, Everton Pryce, observe a recruitment session for the Overseas Hospitality Employment Programme, at the Holy Trinity Church Hall, in Montego Bay, on January 13. Margaret Harris of Sea Island Resort (USA) interviews applicant, Kaniel Ottey .
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), and Special Advisor in the Ministry, Everton Pryce, observe a recruitment session for the Overseas Hospitality Employment Programme, at the Holy Trinity Church Hall, in Montego Bay, on January 13. Margaret Harris of Sea Island Resort (USA) interviews applicant, Kaniel Ottey .

Labour Minister Calls on Overseas Hospitality Workers to be Positive
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses the opening of a two-day training workshop, hosted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston, on January 12. The workshop is to provide participants with technical training in preparation for carrying out Jamaica’s National Child Labour Survey, which will be done between April and June 2016.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addresses the opening of a two-day training workshop, hosted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston, on January 12. The workshop is to provide participants with technical training in preparation for carrying out Jamaica’s National Child Labour Survey, which will be done between April and June 2016.

Labour Minister Proposes Strategies to Combat Child Labour

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Govt to Address Issues Affecting Security Guards

The Government will be acting on a recommendation from the Minimum Wage Commission, to address the issues of some security guards not receiving payslips, and being designated contractors. The contract designation prevents the guards from obtaining certain benefits under labour regulations, and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says it is a matter that will have...
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GOV’T Announces Increases in the Minimum Wage

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has announced a 10.71 per cent increase in the national minimum wage from $5,600 to $6,200 for a 40-hour workweek. In addition, industrial security guards will receive $8,854 for a 40-hour work- week, up from $8,198, reflecting an eight per cent increase. The new rates take effect on March 1, 2016....
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), speaks with Regional Vice President of Malia Hotels International, Alvaro Schroder, during the official opening of Melia Braco Resort in Trelawny on Thursday, January 7.
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Meliá Braco a Solid Investment – Dr. Ferguson

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has welcomed the opening of the National Insurance Fund (NIF)-owned Meliá Braco Village, expressing confidence that its operation will bring solid returns on the investment by the fund. The Trelawny-based property, being operated by the Meliá Hotels International chain under a 15-year lease agreement with the Government, was officially opened on...
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Check Legitimacy of Overseas Employment Agencies

Director of Manpower Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Andrea Miller-Stennett, is imploring members of the public to contact the Ministry to verify the legitimacy of agencies offering jobs overseas, in order to guard against employment scams. “We have situations out there where persons are being scammed. Persons are coming to them promising jobs overseas... and we...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the annual Dispatch of Farm Workers to Canada ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, at the Overseas Employment Services Centre on East Street, Kingston.
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Labour Ministry Seeking to Expand SAWP

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says  the Ministry is seeking to expand the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP), in an effort to provide more overseas employment opportunities for Jamaicans under the Canadian Overseas Employment Programme. The SAWP  recruits agricultural workers to work in Canada to meet the short term demand of manual labour during...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, speaking at the annual Dispatch of Farm Workers to Canada ceremony on Tuesday, January 5, at the Overseas Employment Services Centre on East Street, Kingston.
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Labour Ministry Wants Females Involved in Overseas Work Programmes

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Ministry is seeking to put measures in place to increase the participation of female workers in the overseas employment programmes. The Minister was speaking at the 2016 dispatch ceremony for some 310 participants in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SWAP) at the Overseas Employment Services Centre at...
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