A total of 781 jobseekers were placed in employment locally through the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE). As contained in the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) 2021 Economic and Social Survey, male placements increased by 62.6 per cent to 278, while female placements decreased by 18.2 per cent to 503. “Despite this, female placements continued to exceed male placements, accounting for...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is appealing to the country’s senior citizens, 75 years and older, to sign up to benefit from support under the Social Pension Programme. “They are entitled to it, even if they were not employed or were not contributing [to a pension] because we have taken the position that the vulnerable in our society,...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), lays a wreath at the Agnes ‘Aggie’ Bernard Monument in downtown Kingston, recently. He is joined by Director for the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean, Dennis Zulu (centre), and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Dione Jennings.

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) will host a discussion forum on the Disabilities Act on Thursday (June 30), from 9:00 a.m. to12:00 p.m. The event is being staged in tandem with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) under the theme: ‘Public and Private Sectors’ Readiness to Embrace Jamaica’s Disabilities Act’. It is being delivered in a hybrid format where...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security launched its Programme of Advancement Through Health & Education (PATH) Community Engagement Series (CES) in Montego Bay, St. James, on Wednesday (June 22). Scores of persons turned out for the event, held at the St. John’s Methodist Church in Montego Bay, where they were sensitised about the various social security programmes offered by...

Residents of Daytona in Portmore, St. Catherine, are now able to access a main bus stop during the rainy season, following the construction of a concrete footpath, which leads from the community. The disabled-friendly pathway was completed on May 23 as part of the Portmore Municipality’s 2022 Labour Day project. Mayor of Portmore, His Worship Leon Thomas, said the footpath...

Government Senator Kavan Gayle is encouraging citizens to adequately plan for their retirement, which may be a prolonged period due to improved life expectancy. “During our working life, we must prepare for retirement [which] must be seen as an important part of life. Whether retirement is 60 or 65, life expectancy has increased and so the period of retirement can...