Yearly Archives: 2022

Anguilla’s premier pledges to focus on ‘plight of workers’ in New Year’s Day message

Anguilla’s premier pledges to focus on ‘plight of workers’ in New Year’s Day message

Premier Webster says minimum wage legislation will be tackled; thanks frontline workers for their efforts amid the pandemic  THE VALLEY, ANGUILLA — While acknowledging the struggles local workers have had to contend with over the past year and thanking them for their resilience, Premier Dr. Ellis Webster pledged that his government will work for a…
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Anguilla Employment, Caribbean Employment
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Nearly 800 Bermudians attend job recruitment drive for hospitality industry

Nearly 800 Bermudians attend job recruitment drive for hospitality industry

Hotels gearing up to hire staff ahead of 2022 tourism season  HAMILTON, BERMUDA — Nearly 800 Bermudians were pre-registered and attended a job recruitment drive in the nation’s capital recently, with Minister of Education Diallo Rabain hinting that the initiative could become an annual event. The recruitment drive was a collaboration between the Department of…
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Bermuda Employment, Caribbean Employment
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Tourism Workers Pension Scheme rolled out to some 350,000 Jamaican workers

Tourism Workers Pension Scheme rolled out to some 350,000 Jamaican workers

Contributions start at 3% of gross salary, matched by employer, then increase to 5%  KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Some 350,000 tourism workers in Jamaica can now benefit from the government’s Tourism Workers Pension Scheme that was officially introduced on January 1, 2022, and which is being hailed as a “groundbreaking” new benefit for the industry’s workers.…
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Caribbean Employment, Jamaica Employment
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Minister wants more Jamaican pilots to be trained locally

Minister wants more Jamaican pilots to be trained locally

One aviation training institute already certified; another two in the pipeline  KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Noting that over 60,000 pilots are needed on a global scale, Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague said he would like to see more Jamaicans be trained locally to work in the airline industry, and especially as pilots. According to…
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Caribbean Employment, Jamaica Employment
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