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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr, says concerns are being raised regarding the increasing number of Jamaican workers absconding on the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr., will be visiting several farms under the Overseas Farm Work Programme in North America amid investigations into recent allegations of victimisation. Five farm workers participating in the...

A woman who reportedly tricked her lover into believing that she had given birth to their child while he was overseas, then conned him out of more than $700,000 before forging a death certificate ...

Migrant workers are calling on the Canadian government to provide more rights and safety for them in the wake of the death of a Jamaican man who was working at a farm in southern Ontario last week.

Migrant workers are calling on the Canadian government to provide more rights and safety for them in the wake of the death of a Jamaican man who while working at a farm in southern Ontario last week.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is expressing “deep sadness” at the passing of Garvin Yapp, a 57-year-old worker, who participated in the Ministry’s Farm Work Programme ...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security on Tuesday expressed sadness at the passing of farm worker, Garvin Yapp, who participated in the Ministry’s Farm Work Programme in Canada. Yapp, 57, hails from Tangle River District in St James. The

TILBERT Stewart knows what it is like to grow up without a father. He grew up with eight siblings and a mother who never looked at another man after his father walked out. Forced to handle the re...