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Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, speaking at Wednesday’s (Jan. 30) quarterly press briefing at the Ministry’s offices in downtown Kingston.
Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, speaking at Wednesday’s (Jan. 30) quarterly press briefing at the Ministry’s offices in downtown Kingston.

Gov’t Strengthening Work Permit Framework

The Government is continuing work under the Public Sector Modernisation Project to improve Jamaica’s work permit framework. Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service,...
Labour Component Coordinator at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Lyndon Ford (right), coordinates the signing of a Memorandum of Understand between the Ministry and Montego Bay Community College (MBCC), recently. Signing on behalf of the Ministry are Minister Shahine Robinson (second left); Permanent Secretary, Collete Roberts Risden (left) and Principal of MBCC, Dr. Maureen Nelson.
Labour Component Coordinator at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Lyndon Ford (right), coordinates the signing of a Memorandum of Understand between the Ministry and Montego Bay Community College (MBCC), recently. Signing on behalf of the Ministry are Minister Shahine Robinson (second left); Permanent Secretary, Collete Roberts Risden (left) and Principal of MBCC, Dr. Maureen Nelson.

Labour Ministry Signs MOU with Community College
Manager of the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat, Chenee Russell, speaking at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s ‘Labour Department and You’ Road Show in St. James, recently.
Manager of the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat, Chenee Russell, speaking at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s ‘Labour Department and You’ Road Show in St. James, recently.

Jamaica Continues to Make Progress in Curbing Trafficking in Persons
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left);  Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) Director, Simeon Robinson (centre) and Minister of Transport and Mining and Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Hon. Robert Montague, participate in the ground-breaking ceremony for the Gayle Multipurpose centre, in St. Mary, recently.
Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left);  Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) Director, Simeon Robinson (centre) and Minister of Transport and Mining and Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Hon. Robert Montague, participate in the ground-breaking ceremony for the Gayle Multipurpose centre, in St. Mary, recently.

CSJP Lauded for Gayle Multi-purpose Centre Project
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right); conversing with High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters, during a send-off ceremony for some 300 Jamaicans who will take up employment opportunities in Canada this year under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP). The ceremony was held at the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in downtown Kingston on January 3.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right); conversing with High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters, during a send-off ceremony for some 300 Jamaicans who will take up employment opportunities in Canada this year under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP). The ceremony was held at the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in downtown Kingston on January 3.

Close to 300 Jamaicans to Take Up Employment in Canada

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Probation Officer with the Department of Correctional Services, Kerry-Ann Davis, speaks at the We Transform Programme mentorship training session, in Kingston, recently. At left is Probation Officer, Brian Doyley.
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Persons Trained to Mentor Children in Care of DCS

Approximately 45 persons were educated about the various aspects of mentorship at the first We Transform Mentorship Training session earlier this month, held at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Training Room, in Kingston. The We Transform Programme is the Ministry of National Security’s flagship youth transformation programme that aims to equip children within the care of the DCS with...
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Director of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Portia Magnus. (FILE)
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NIS Changes Period for Stamp Card Contributions

Effective January 2019, the period for the payment of National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contributions using stamp cards, will be changed to the calendar year, January to December from the existing financial year, April to March. Speaking with JIS News recently, Director of National Insurance at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Portia Magnus, said that the change in the...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (right), listens to Country Representative for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Mariko Kagoshima, during the launch of a comprehensive report on persons with disabilities, titled ‘Situational Analysis of Persons with Disabilities’, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston on December 3. The launch was held as part of the commemorative activities for the United Nations International Day for Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), observed annually on December 3. The theme for this year was ‘Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality’.
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Codes of Practice to Protect Persons with Disabilities

The Codes of Practice to protect persons with disabilities are to be completed in the upcoming 2019/2020 financial year. Meanwhile, the Disability Regulations are to be completed by the end of December. This was noted by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, at the launch of a ‘Situational Analysis of Persons with Disabilities’ report, on Monday (December...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson.
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Gov’t Developing Action to Formalize Household Workers and Fisherfolk

The Government is developing a National Action Plan to transition household workers and fisherfolk to the formal economy. The initiative is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through support from the International Labour Organization (ILO). Recently, a two-day consultative workshop was held at the Ministry’s North Street offices in Kingston, aimed at garnering the input of...
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Social Security

$3m Dollars worth of Cocaine Seized at Sangster International Airport

As Jamaica’s chief border protection entity, the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) continues to make dents in the illicit drug trade, following the seizure of sixteen (16) packages of cocaine at the Sangster International Airport during the course of this week. The seizure took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, by officers from the JCA’s Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) and from...
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Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, addresses a meeting of the Rotary Club of Kingston at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (November 8). Mrs. Lynch-Stewart, who was guest speaker at the event, gave a presentation on the Government’s proposed National Identification System (NIDS).
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Disabled Community on Board with NIDS

Members of the disabled community are looking forward to the benefits they will enjoy with their inclusion in the proposed National Identification System (NIDS). This is according to Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Lynch-Stewart, who said mentally challenged persons in particular “are very happy with what is to come”. “They are locked out right...
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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon, Shahine Robinson (centre), with members of the Ocho Rios High School Band at the ‘Labour Department and You’ roadshow held recently at the Ocho Rios Baptist Church in St Ann.
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Gov’t Seeking Partnerships to Address Soft Skills Gap

The Government is seeking public-private partnership to close the soft skills gap that exists among the nation’s youth. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says the 2017 National Labour Market survey found that the skills gap was predominant among students leaving high school with no work experience. She is imploring partnership with the Ministry as it seeks...
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