Draft regulations governing the establishment of the National Identification System (NIDS) were tabled in the House of Representatives today. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Floyd Green, said NIDS is intended to make the lives of Jamaicans easier and easier for persons to do business in Jamaica. NIDS, an electronic form […]
“LinkedIn?… You mean the job posting site?” If that was your initial thought when you read the headline, you wouldn’t be wrong but you would be outdated in your thoughts about LinkedIn. The platform has grown tremendously from its days of just being the place to go to look for jobs. It’s become the number […]
n September 2017 the Jamaican Senate passed the Pensions (Public Service) Act of 2017 and the Constitution (Amendment) (Establishment Fund) (Payment of Pensions) Act of 2017 under which pensionable officers were required to contribute five per cent of salary towards a pension. Today deductions still flow freely into and out of the Consolidated Fund. THE […]
HUGH Reid, general manager of JN Life Insurance, has urged employers to consider automatic enrolment of employees in a pension scheme to improve the circumstances of their workers, especially women in retirement. According to Reid, there are several factors that leave women more vulnerable than men to old-age poverty, such as living longer and being […]
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The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has reported that the economy is almost back to its pre-COVID level. At its quarterly media briefing on Friday, STATIN reported economic growth of 5.9 per cent for the September quarter compared with the same quarter in the previous year. This means economic output, in real terms, has now […]
Road fatalities surpassed Last year figure by 0.2% (487 LY vs 488 TY).
PEART…people are encouraged to hire trained chartered accountants, pay a fair wage and ensure they are recruiting and hiring our young people to ensure that we have a surplus of accountants. Accounting and auditing firm KPMG is reporting that there’s a shortage of chartered accountants and information technology auditors. Speaking in an interview with the Jamaica […]
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, Olivia Grange Members of the local entertainment and cultural industries will soon have a dedicated health insurance scheme. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, Olivia Grange, made the disclosure at the Rebel Salute media launch on Wednesday at the ROK Hotel, in downtown Kingston. She says local […]
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