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Jamaica raises national minimum wage

Minimum wage hike of 28.5 percent to take effect April 1, 2022  KINGSTON, JAMAICA — The long-awaited increase in the nation’s minimum wage will come into effect on April 1, Labour Minister Karl Samuda announced on Tuesday. “Cabinet has approved an increase in the national minimum wage. That was done at yesterday’s Cabinet meeting,” the…
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Guyanese sugar workers to receive promised 7% salary increase

Union says wage increase means “somewhat brighter” holidays for sugar workers who felt overlooked for years  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that Guyanese sugar workers will receive a seven percent salary increase as promised by his government earlier this year. While he could not indicate exactly how many workers are set…
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