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Director General, Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division, Office of the Cabinet, Veniece Pottinger-Scott.
Director General, Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division, Office of the Cabinet, Veniece Pottinger-Scott.

Cabinet to Consider Proposed Jamaica Employee Management Policy

By: Douglas Mcintosh, October 12, 2021
Cabinet is shortly expected to deliberate on the proposed implementation of a Government of Jamaica Employee Management Policy. The Policy incorporates minimum standards that will, among other things, standardise the...
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, addressing the House of Representatives on October 6.

Disabilities Act to Take Effect February 14, 2022

By: Chris Patterson, October 8, 2021
State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament for St. Ann South Western, Hon. Zavia Mayne, speaks in the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives, on September 22.

180 Trainees To Graduate From Alexandria College Of Continuing Education

By: Chris Patterson, September 24, 2021

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786 Persons Placed in Jobs Using the ELE

A total of 786 jobseekers were placed in employment locally through the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE), with females accounting for 78.2 per cent of placements. As contained in the Planning...
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By: Latonya Linton, August 11, 2021
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, addresses the agency’s digital quarterly briefing on Thursday (July 15).
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STATIN Reports Significant Level Of Compliance

Data from the April 2021 Labour Force Survey of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) show a significant level of compliance with coronavirus (COVID-19) control measures. STATIN’s Director General, Carol...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, July 16, 2021
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, speaks during the agency’s digital briefing on Thursday (July 15).
Labour

More Than 1.2 Million Jamaicans In Jobs

The number of Jamaicans in jobs, as at April 2021, totalled approximately 1,206,000. This is 40,500 fewer or 3.2 per cent lower than the corresponding period in 2019, according to...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, July 16, 2021