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IMF suggests ways Grenada can improve local jobs

Wage increases, better training, pension among the recommendations SAINT GEORGE’S, GRENADA — Just as the country prepares to wrap up public consultation on minimum wage increases, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a comprehensive list of recommendations to help improve jobs in Grenada. Notably, increasing minimum wage for public workers is among the recommendations…
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Dominican Republic hikes wages of nearly 200K workers

The first increase will take effect next week; followed by another next year SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — Around 200,000 workers in the Dominican Republic can look forward to more income for the rest of the year, thanks to a new minimum wage hike. Jobs in Manufacturing Free Zones will all have a 15 percent…
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Jamaican minimum wage bumps up again

Jobs see second wage hike in two years KINGSTON, JAMAICA — For the second time in as many years, the lowest-paying jobs in Jamaica are about to be worth that much more as the government gears up for yet another minimum wage increase. Even better, this second round of increases will be even more significant…
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Dominican Republic raises minimum wage

Wage hikes spreading across the Caribbean; Jamaica up for round two SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — Certain categories of jobs in the Dominican Republic are set to rake in more cash as the government has approved an increase in minimum wage. This makes it among the many countries in the region to take action in…
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