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Director of Economic and Social Research, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Shaine Palmer (2nd left), along with Assistant Professor of Economics, Brockport College, State University of New York (SUNY), USA, Dr. Tamoya Christie (2nd right); and Senior Research Fellow, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, St. Andrew, Dr. Michael Witter (right), are engaged in conversation by Director of Social Security at the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe. Occasion was a recent labour market forum, jointly staged by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Labour Market Information Technical Committee (LMITAC) in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Ministry, at the PIOJ’s New Kingston offices under the theme: ‘Reshaping the Jamaican Labour market to Foster Economic Growth and Development’.
Director of Economic and Social Research, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Shaine Palmer (2nd left), along with Assistant Professor of Economics, Brockport College, State University of New York (SUNY), USA, Dr. Tamoya Christie (2nd right); and Senior Research Fellow, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, St. Andrew, Dr. Michael Witter (right), are engaged in conversation by Director of Social Security at the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe. Occasion was a recent labour market forum, jointly staged by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Labour Market Information Technical Committee (LMITAC) in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Ministry, at the PIOJ’s New Kingston offices under the theme: ‘Reshaping the Jamaican Labour market to Foster Economic Growth and Development’.

Employers Want Greater Focus on Technical/Vocation Training

By: Douglas McIntosh, December 30, 2013
Employers have indicated a need for changes in Jamaica’s education curriculum, with greater focus on technical training, to better prepare persons for the job market. This disclosure was made by...
Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (6th left); and Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier (5th left), and other stakeholders, display the National HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy during its recent launch, along with the Jamaica Occupational Safety and Health National Profile, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Others participating in the launch included: parliamentarians, Raymond Pryce (left) and Olivia Grange (2nd left); United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Mission Director in Jamaica, Jeannette Vail (3rd left); Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) Board Member, Keith Comrie (4th left); State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Richard Azan ( 7th left); Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Errol Miller (7th right); Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF), Brenda Cuthbert (5th right); HIV/AIDS Programme Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Peta-Gaye Pryce (4th right); President, Jamaica Network of Seropositives, Paula Samuels (3rd right); Senior Director, Occupational Safety and Health Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Robert Chung (3nd right); and President and Chief Executive Officer, Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), Richard Powell.

Health Minister Welcomes National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS

By: Douglas McIntosh, December 24, 2013
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right), launches the Documentation, Information and Access Services Unit (DIAS) Records Management Competition 2014, during a ceremony at the Ministry’s North Street offices on December 18. Also sharing in the moment are (from left): Registrar, Documentation, Information and Access Services Unit (DIAS), in the Ministry, Winston Walker; Chief Technical Director, Ministry, Errol Miller; and Records Manager, University of the West Indies, Sonia Black.

Labour Ministry Launches Records Management Competition

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, December 19, 2013

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