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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.

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,...

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), hands over a certificate of possession to Henzel Black, a resident of Hartford/Morass in Central Westmoreland. The presentation took place on July 16 at the Hartford New Testament Church of God in the parish, where 200 residents received documents under the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings Limited’s Community Regularization Programme.

200 Residents of Hartford/Morass Lane Get Certificates of Possession

Coach at The Golden Age Home, Silvan Wilson (right), demonstrates a throwing technique to Alton Carter (centre) as Vincent Evans (left) looks on. The men will compete in bocce in the over 45 category at the 14th Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Los Angeles, California starting July 25.

Special Olympic Athletes Set Their Eyes on Winning Gold

Minister of Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (left), presents a certificate and new school bag to Jaheem Jones, at the graduation ceremony of the Early Stimulation Programme (ESP) held on July 15, at the Apostolic Church of Jamaica in Kingston.

Private Sector Urged to Assist Children with Disabilities

Project Manager for the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Project, Mrs. Belinda Brown-Austin during an interview with JIS News. The Project is being administered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and has led to the full-time employment of 27 persons.

27 Persons With Disabilities Receive Employment

11 years ago Labour

LMIS Station Now in Mandeville to Assist Job Seekers

Job seekers residing in Manchester can now conveniently utilise the services of the Labour Market Information System (LMIS) in their parish. A satellite station has been established within the offices of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce (MCC), where persons may access the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s job-matching internet-based facility, free of cost. This is part of a strategic...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (centre), affixes his signature to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which concretises the establishment of the Ministry’s Labour Market Information System (LMIS) satellite station within the offices of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce (MCC). Also participating (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden; and President of the MCC, Loven McCook. The signing took place during the staging of a Town Hall Outreach Meeting at the Mandeville Hotel in Manchester, on Thursday (July 9).

11 years ago Labour

LMIS Station Now in Mandeville to Assist Job Seekers

Members of the Abilities Foundation’s Class of 2015, at the graduation ceremony held recently, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

11 years ago Labour

Labour Ministry to Provide $10 Million Grant to Abilities Foundation

The Abilities Foundation is to benefit from the injection of over $10 million from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) for the new academic year, which gets underway in September. The allocation, under the Japanese Development Grant-funded Economic Improvement Project, is intended to boost education and skills training offerings provided for persons with disabilities. Managing Director of the...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Ms. Christine Hendricks, tells JIS News about public awareness initiatives to increase registration with the Council.

11 years ago Labour

JCPD Expects More Persons to Register

Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, says the organization, through its ongoing public awareness efforts, should see further increases in the number of persons who register with the Council. Since the passage of the Disabilities Act in 2014, the JCPD has been calling for persons with disabilities to become registered and enjoy the...

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.

11 years ago Labour

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 proposals they may wish to make for the consideration of the Commission. Memoranda should include proposals in respect of interest...

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.

11 years ago LabourVision 2030

Canada and Jamaica Celebrate Success of Farm Work Programme

The 200,000th work permit under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP) in Canada was handed over to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in a ceremony at the Canadian High Commission in Kingston on June 30. Minister of Labour, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, in his address, heaped praises on SAWP which has “contributed considerably to the capacity...

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.

11 years ago Labour

Make Pension Contributions Mandatory

Director of the Mona Ageing and Wellness Centre, Dr. Denise Eldemire Shearer, has called for pension contributions by Jamaicans to be made compulsory. She made the call in light of statistics, which indicate that while Jamaicans are living longer, most persons have made no plans for their financial security during their retirement years. “Today’s older person has changed and will...