Minister without portfolio with responsibility for the Public Service, Hon. Horace Dalley says that the groundwork to reform the public sector pension scheme has already begun. Minister Dalley says the...

In an effort to improve the island’s Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (MSME) sector, the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has partnered with two entities to assist them with implementing...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be undertaking a pre-selection exercise for the Canadian farm work programme in March. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier,...

An additional $1.5 billion will be paid out to beneficiaries under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), with new increases in both contributions and benefits, for 2013. Acting Director of the...

Beginning in September 2013, approximately 230,000 students will receive a breakfast supplement under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller,...

Effective January 7, the National Insurance wage ceiling will increase by $500,000 to $1.5 million. The wage ceiling is the basis on which individual contribution to the National Insurance Scheme...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is advising Jamaicans seeking jobs overseas through private employment agencies to first contact the Ministry to verify their legitimacy. "Members of...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, has charged the first batch of farm workers to be dispatched for 2013 under the Ministry’s Overseas Employment Programme, to be...

Approximately 20, 624 individuals have gained employment under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), which is now in its second phase. The project, which was launched in March this year,...

The Government is planning to establish a branch of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) in Montego Bay, St. James, next year. This was disclosed by Minister of Labour and Social...

Some 18 persons, who are benefitting from temporary work in the food processing industry under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), are to be permanently employed at the end of...