Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Christine Hendricks, says the organization, through its ongoing public awareness efforts, should see further increases in the number of...

The Minimum Wage Advisory Commission is in the process of reviewing the National Minimum Wage and the Minimum Wage for Industrial Security Guards. Members of the public and interested organizations...

The 200,000th work permit under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP) in Canada was handed over to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in a ceremony at the Canadian...

Director of the Mona Ageing and Wellness Centre, Dr. Denise Eldemire Shearer, has called for pension contributions by Jamaicans to be made compulsory. She made the call in light of...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be undertaking an islandwide recruitment exercise for the Canadian Farm Work Programme from August 10 to 28. This was disclosed by Minister...

Another $75 million will be allocated under the Short Term Poverty Intervention Project this year, as the Government continues its work to protect the nation’s most vulnerable. Cabinet has approved...

The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC), in association with HelpAge International, will host its Ageing Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on June 25, under the theme: ‘Ageing and...

Minister for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is imploring Jamaicans to protect the nation’s children from exposure to child labour. The call was made on Friday (June...