Jamaica’s minimal wage to extend in April

Dr. Nigel Clarke, Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service introduced on Tuesday that the nationwide minimal wage will likely be elevated in April.

The minister didn’t state the extent of enhance however indicated that the Minister of Labour and Social Safety, Karl Samuda, is to make the disclosure.

Clarke famous that a rise would assist in making the lives of minimal wage earners extra comfy.

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The cupboard final authorized a rise of 28.5 per cent within the nationwide minimal wage on April 1, 2022.  With that enhance, the speed moved from $7,000 to $9,000 per 40-hour workweek.

The final enhance within the minimal wage additionally noticed the speed paid to industrial safety guards transfer from $9,700 to $10,500 per 40-hour work week, together with accompanying allowances.