Last job fair of the year to focus on hospitality industry jobs, including chefs, technicians, housekeepers, bartenders and more KINGSTON, JAMAICA — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s (MLSS) final job fair for 2021 is set for next week and Director of the Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) Lyndon Ford is urging members of the…
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Jamaica to end work-from-home mandate, encourage public servants to return to office
PM Holness advises private sector to carefully assess best options regarding return to office KINGSTON, JAMAICA — In a push towards regaining some semblance of normalcy after nearly two years of COVID-19 pandemic-related impacts, the Jamaican government is ending its mandatory work-from-home policy at the end of this year and allowing public servants to return…
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Jamaica projected to return to pre-pandemic employment levels by next fiscal year
Planning Institute of Jamaica releases economic review detailing positive prospects for employment, economic growth KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Employment in Jamaica is poised to return to pre-pandemic levels within the next fiscal year, according to Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dr. Wayne Henry. In unveiling the PIOJ’s review of the country’s economic…
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Low-income Jamaicans to receive $10K cash grant from the government
Jamaica government to roll out CARE Workers Grant of JMD$10K to some 130,000 low-income workers starting December 2021 KINGSTON, JAMAICA — While scores of nations around the world have implemented varying social assistance initiatives to help those who became unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Jamaica has recently announced that…
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