The Jamaica Productivity Centre will be partnering with Japanese product improvement specialist, Makoto Oyama, to provide technical assistance to a number of public and private sector organisations over the next...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), will launch a Child Labour Project on Wednesday (February 4), to address the issue of...

Forty-two farm workers will benefit from employment opportunities as they proceed on a trip to New York and Connecticut on Thursday January 29, 2009. Minister of Labour and Social Security,...

With the impact of the financial crisis crunching down on world economies, and concerns about job losses increase, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), through its Special Youth...

Increasingly, stakeholders in the local business sector are becoming cognisant of the challenges that Governments face in meeting all of the needs of the citizens. As such they are subscribing...

Amidst the global economic challenge and fear of job losses, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security is continuing its $47 million Special Youth Employment and Training project (SYEAT). Approximately...

The National Policy for Persons with Disabilities indicates that negative perception and attitude towards disability, has resulted in the isolation and exclusion of persons with disabilities from the mainstream of...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is reporting that some 941 cases of loss and property damage have been recorded for the parish of St. James. According to the...

A commemorative civic ceremony was held in Islington, St. Mary on Tuesday, May 30, to honor four citizens of the parish who lost their lives during the labor unrest of...

The Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) should be fully operational within another year with a board of management in place, said Consultant Advisor in Labour Relations at the Labour and Social...

The efforts of the Pesticides Control Authority to register premises to sell restricted pesticides and to license pest control operators, is being met with some measure of success. According to...