Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), in dialogue with Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuhiro Atsumi, during an introductory meeting/courtesy call at the Ministry’s North...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be increasing engagement with parents and other key stakeholders as part of measures to eliminate child labour in Jamaica. “We are trying...

More Jamaicans are being implored to speak out against the scourge of child labour. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden, made the call...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Collette Roberts Risden (right) shares in discussion with Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, United States Embassy, Julie M. Stufft,...

The Cari-Med Group has committed to recruiting residents of Bernard Lodge in St. Catherine to fill 60 per cent of the workforce required for the entity’s new state-of-the-art warehouse distribution...

Christmas Day will be celebrated on Monday, December 26 this year. The Ministry of Labour and Social Security advises that the Holiday (Public General) Act, provides that whenever Christmas Day...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, says persons employed in the Canada-Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme are well regarded on the farms where they are engaged and...

All the members of Jamaica’s fact-finding team, appointed to assess the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme in Canada, have returned. The last set of individuals to return arrived in the island...