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Chairman of the Minimum Wage Commission, Mr. Silvera Castro (left), in discussion with Commission member, Mrs. Bernita Locke (centre) and CEO of Manpower Services Limited, Audrey Hinchcliffe.

Commission to Review National Minimum Wage

The Minimum Wage Advisory Commission is in the process of reviewing the National Minimum Wage and the Minimum Wage for Industrial Security Guards. Members of the public and interested organizations are invited to submit, in writing, any comments, suggestions or...

Immigration Programme Manager, Kate O’Brien (second left) makes the ceremonial presentation of the 200,000th Work Permit to be issued to Jamaican Farm Workers under Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Programme to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden (second right) yesterday (June 30) at the High Commission of Canada. Joining in the occasion are: Minister the Hon. Derrick Kellier (right) and Canadian High Commissioner, H.E. Robert Ready.

Canada and Jamaica Celebrate Success of Farm Work Programme

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), shares a light moment with Director of the Mona Ageing and Wellness Centre, Dr. Denise Eldemire Shearer, at the National Council for Senior Citizens’ (NCSC) Ageing Conference held on Thursday (June 25), at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Make Pension Contributions Mandatory

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, emphasises a point while making a statement in Parliament on Tuesday (June 23).

Recruitment for Canada Farm Work Programme August 10 to 28

Minister of Labour & Social Security and Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Derrick Kellier. (FILE)

Additional Funds for Poverty Intervention Project

11 years ago Labour

NCSC to Host Ageing Conference June 25

The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), in association with HelpAge International, will host its Ageing Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on June 25, under the theme: ‘Ageing and Development, Ensuring an Enabling and Supportive Environment’. Speaking with JIS News, Executive Director at the NCSC, Angela Toyloy, said the purpose of the conference, which will begin at 8:30 a.m....

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security, the Hon. Derrick Kellier.

11 years ago Labour

Jamaicans Urged To Protect Children from Child Labour

Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is imploring Jamaicans to protect the nation’s children from exposure to child labour. The call was made on Friday (June 12), at the St. Catherine Child Protection Committee’s SYMPAR (Symposium Party) at the Church of God of Prophecy in Spanish Town, to mark World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL). Minister...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Risden Roberts (left), makes a point at the recently held Stakeholders Consultation for the Disability Sector Communication Strategy, held at the Ministry’s North Street offices in Kingston. Listening at right is Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks.

11 years ago Labour

Gov’t Committed to Advancing Disability Agenda

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, has underscored the Government’s dedication to advancing the country’s disability agenda. In addition to the passage of the Disabilities Act, she noted that a working group has been created, “as a demonstration of the commitment to the transformation process and of making the Jamaica Council for Persons...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), and GraceKennedy Group Chief Executive Officer, Don Wehby (right), with Rosetta Steer, the 2015 GraceKennedy/Heather Little-White Household Worker of the Year. Ms. Steer, who received cash, gift vouchers, and other prizes, was awarded during a ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on May 29.

11 years ago CommunityLabourPrime Minister

Govt. Looking at Legislation to Better Protect Household Workers

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the Government is looking at legislation to better protect household workers who continue to provide valuable and essential services to many families across Jamaica. She assured that the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, with support from her office and the relevant stakeholders, “will work towards the policy framework and will...

Volunteers working at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, on Labour Day (May 25)

11 years ago CommunityLabour

St. Thomas Residents Happy With Work at Rudolph Elder Park

Residents of St. Thomas are happy with the work done on Labour Day (May 25) to beautify and rehabilitate the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay. “I am happy they chose our park for the National Labour Day project. It is full time now we have something like this in St. Thomas, because we too are a part of Jamaica,”...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon Derrick Kellier (right), addresses the opening of the 33rd annual Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) Business and Workplace Convention and Expo at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James on May 21.
At left is Past President of the JEF and convention committee Chairman, Wayne Chen.

11 years ago Labour

Labour Minister Calls on Jamaicans to Endure a Little Longer

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is calling on Jamaicans to endure a while longer, the stringencies of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP), as the Government strives to grow the economy under the current International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement. “Given the present dispensation in which we are forced to operate as a nation, we have no...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon Derrick Kellier (left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the 33rd annual Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) Business and Workplace Convention and Expo, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St James, on May 21. Sharing the moment are (from left) Chief Executive Officer of the JEF, Brenda Cuthbert; Chairman of the JEF 2015 Convention Committee, Wayne Chen and President of the JEF, David Wan.

11 years ago Labour

Labour Minister says OSH Law Should Be Passed By December This Year

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, says as Government pushes its Economic Reform Programme (ERP) and the creation of decent work environments, steps are being taken to pass the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) legislation by December this year. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 33rd annual Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) Business and Workplace Convention and...