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Employers Urged to Consider Phased Retirement of Workers

By: Shari-Ann Palmer, May 13, 2016

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, is encouraging employers to consider implementing phased retirement programmes. The arrangement, she said, will allow employees to pass on skills and...

Head of the Logistics Unit in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr. Eric Deans (right), is engaged in discussion with (from left): Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Richard Lumsden; Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock; and Senior Vice President and Global Advisor for Ports and Infrastructure at Nathan Associates Inc., Dr. Paul Kent, during a recent Vision Formulation Workshop for the Logistics Hub Initiative at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Logistics Hub Master Plan Being Developed

By: Kadian Brown, May 10, 2016

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), exchanges greetings with 2015 GraceKennedy/Heather Little-White Household Worker of the Year awardee, Rosetta Steer at the launch the 2016 programme at the company’s Harbour Street headquarters, Downtown Kingston on Friday, May 6.

Household Workers Unsung Heroes – Minister Robinson

By: Rochelle Williams, May 9, 2016

Labour 10 years ago Labour and Social Security Ministry to Mark Workers’ Week with Special Events
By: Denise Dennis, May 8, 2016
Labour 10 years ago Portmore Communities to Benefit from National Labour Day Project
By: Denise Dennis, May 6, 2016
JIS Think Tank 10 years ago RGD Needs $350 Million to Complete Digitization
By: Peta Gay Rowe, May 6, 2016

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Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) and Deputy Keeper of the Records, Deidre English Gosse, provides details about the entity’s inaugural Civil Registration and Identity Management Conference during a JIS Think Tank on May 3. The event will be held from July 6 to 8 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James.

10 years ago JIS Think TankLabour

RGD to Stage Symposium on the Importance of Death Registration

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will be staging a symposium on Friday (May 6) aimed at increasing awareness of the importance of death registration. The event is scheduled for 10:00...

By: Tomeica Gunn, May 4, 2016

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), is in light conversation with economist, Dennis Jones, following the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Public Lecture on the theme: ‘The 4th Revolution – The Global Race to Reinvent the State,’ held on May 2, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

10 years ago LabourYouth

Jamaica Working With IDB to Boost Youth Employment

The Government is seeking to strengthen its partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on programmes aimed at boosting employment and training for young people. State Minister for Education, Youth...

By: Douglas McIntosh, May 4, 2016

Chief Executive Officer of the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) and Deputy Keeper of the Records, Deidre English Gosse (centre), addresses a JIS Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston on May 3. Others (from left) are: Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director of Operations RGD, Charlton McFarlane; and Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Manager, Monique Lin Quee.

10 years ago JIS Think TankLabour

RGD to Stage Regional Civil Registration Conference in July

Registrars from across the Caribbean are expected to converge at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from July 6 to 8 for the Registrar General’s Department’s (RGD) inaugural...

By: Tomeica Gunn, May 4, 2016

Design and Décor student at Abilities Foundation, Onandi Moha, sewing buttons on a shirt he made.

10 years ago Labour

Abilities Foundation Resolute in Helping Persons with Disabilities

The Abilities Foundation remains resolute to its mandate of providing more than training opportunities to persons with disabilities (PWDs), but also preparing its graduates for success. Formed in 1992, the...

By: Shari-Ann Palmer , May 2, 2016

Volunteers paint a wall of the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital, a previous Labour Day project.

10 years ago Labour

Preparations Well Advanced for Labour Day

Preparations are well advanced for Workers’ Week and Labour Day 2016 activities. This year Labour Day will be observed on Monday, May 23. It is a day when communities participate...

By: E. Hartman Reckord, April 29, 2016

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), accepts a cheque valued at $250,000 from Katherine Grandy, of Gebbers Farms, in Washington, when operators of the holdings visited the Ministry, today (April 27). The money will be handed over to a charitable organisation.

10 years ago Labour

514 Workers Leave Next Month for Gebbers Farms in Washington

Some 514 Jamaican farm workers will leave the island next month for Washington, to work on the Gebbers Farms, under the Overseas Employment Programme. The Gebbers Farms are among the...

By: Latonya Linton, April 27, 2016

Director, Occupational Safety and Health Department, in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Marlon Mahon.

10 years ago Labour

Focus on Occupational Safety April 28

Jamaica will join the rest of the world on Thursday, April 28, to commemorate World Day for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). Themed: ‘Workplace Stress: A Collective Challenge’, the day...

By: Shari-Ann Palmer , April 27, 2016

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Labour

$1.6 Billion Allocated to the Social Protection Project

A sum of $1.6 billion has been allocated in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, towards the continuation of the Integrated Support to the Jamaica...

By: Rochelle Williams, April 27, 2016

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