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 public workers to get promised salary update
Minister Clarke says govt. aiming to pay civil servants under new compensation system by Christmas KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Employees in Jamaica’s public service have been assured they will be paid under an updated salary structure just in time for the holidays. So says Minister of Finance Nigel Clarke, who advised that the government is making…
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Huge salary increases for Joint Services jobs in Guyana
Salary jumps range from 6-22% GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — Anyone with a job in Guyana’s Joint Services, including law enforcement, armed forces and firefighters, is about to have far more disposable income thanks to significant salary increases set to begin next month. This represents the latest move by the Ali administration to spread the wealth among…
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SVG public sector to get salary increases
Saint Vincent becomes among the latest Caribbean nations to increase earnings of civil servants KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES — Those with public sector jobs in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines can count their blessings as the government has recently approved a wage increase over the coming years. The government has agreed to an…
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