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Member of the National Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Bernita Locke (right), engages in discussion with Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Levan Freeman, at the national minimum wage consultation held on August 25 in Ocho Rios, St. Ann.

Chairman Impressed With Proposals from Minimum Wage Consultations

Chairman of the National Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Silvera Castro, says he is impressed with the recommendations coming out of the minimum wage consultations now underway. He said the proposals show that Jamaicans are more educated about the state of...

Head of the European Union’s (EU) Section of Economics, Social Development and Trade, Achim Schaffert (centre), is in light discussion with Second Vice President of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF), Raymond Eytle (left), and Director of Industrial Relations and Allied Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Karl Wedderburn (right). This was prior to the start of the Jamaican leg of the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) National Bipartite Meeting, yesterday (August 20), at the Jamaica Employers’ Federation in Kingston.

EU Pleased With Progress of Regional Social Dialogue Project

National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Inspector, Charmaine Gillette, addresses the National Council for Senior Citizens’ (NCSC) retirement planning seminar, held at the New Testament Church of God Auditorium in Montego Bay on August 18.

NCSC Stages Retirement Planning Seminar in St. James

Chairman of the National Minimum Wage Advisory Commission, Mr. Silvera Castro, makes a point during his address at a regional consultation on the national minimum wage, held in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 18.

Chairman Satisfied With Consultation on Minimum Wage

Reporting and Monitoring Officer for the Ministry of labour and Social Security’s Steps-To-Work Summer Camp 2015, Jody McIntyre (left), speaking to campers during the camp’s opening ceremony, held on August 10 at the YWCA on Arnold Road, in Kingston. The camp, which is organized by the Ministry, will see 200 young persons currently enrolled in the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) participating in various activities that will prepare them to be reintegrated into the formal education system and the labour market.

Young Persons Attend Steps-To-Work Summer Camp

11 years ago Labour

Trade Unionist Hails Signing Of Wage Agreement

A high ranking trade unionist has joined in commending the Government and some members of the public sector for reaching an arrangement for the payment of wages and other benefits for the 2015-2017 contract period. Acting General Secretary of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), Ray Howell, has said that public sector workers have endured the challenges of a...

State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Luther Buchanan (right), looks on as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Colette Roberts-Risden (left) presents resident of the Golden Age Home and Special Olympian, Alton Carter (centre), with a gift basket during a special Home-Coming and Pre-Independence celebration, held at the Golden Age Home, in Kingston, on August 4. The ceremony was held to honour the Special Olympians who represented Jamaica at the recent Special Olympics World Summer Games in the United States.

11 years ago Labour

Special Olympians at Golden Age Home Honoured

Special Olympians of the Golden Age Home, who copped three gold medals for Jamaica at the recent Special Olympics World Summer Games in the United States, were honoured at a Home-Coming and Pre-Independence celebration ceremony at the home, on August 4. Heading the list of those at the function were Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social...

11 years ago Labour

July 31 Final Day for Minimum Wage Submissions

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is reminding the public that July 31 is the final day for the submission of written proposals on the review of the national minimum wage and the minimum wage for industrial security guards. The proposals, comments and suggestions on whether the minimum wage should be increased, and the appropriate level of increase, are...

11 years ago Labour

Help By ILO to Transform Informal Economy Timely – Labour Minister

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) current work to help transform the informal economy, is a well-needed intervention, which will serve to boost productivity and enhance the quality of jobs. Over the past six months, the ILO has been carrying out a pilot project dubbed: ‘Formalisation of the Informal Economy’ in...

11 years ago Labour

Ministry’s Training Programme Propels Persons with Disabilities

Twenty-one-year-old Cavian Morgan’s face takes on a serious expression and her voice resonates with emotion. “My family did not give up on me, and for that I am very thankful,” she says meaningfully. “I have heard the stories of some persons with disabilities who have been abandoned by their parents; that when they took sick, their families gave up on...

Mr. Omar Azan, CEO of Boss Furniture, examines a bed with employee, Omar Hall. Mr. Hall was a trainee through a Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project, done by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

11 years ago Labour

Ministry’s Training Programme Propels Persons with Disabilities

Twenty-one year old Cavian Morgan’s face takes on a serious expression and her voice resonates with emotion. “My family did not give up on me, and for that I am very thankful,” she says meaningfully. “I have heard the stories of some persons with disabilities who have been abandoned by their parents; that when they took sick, their families gave...

President of the Clarendon Parish Youth Council, Jonoi Edwards (centre), interacts with some of the participants at an Organisational Management and Employability Workshop held at the Youth Information Centre in May Pen on Wednesday, July 22.

11 years ago Labour

JPC Targets Youth As It Promotes Productivity Culture

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) is targeting the country’s youth as it carries out its mandate of promoting a culture of productivity in the country. “We want a revolution. We are starting with the persons, who are impressionable, those persons, who won’t resist the concept of productivity but will grasp it and employ it,” Communication Specialist at JPC, Sandrea Dennis,...