Over 16,600 J’cans placed in overseas employment last year
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A total of 16,681 Jamaicans were placed in employment opportunities in Canada and the United States under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s overseas employment programme during the 2018 season.
“This represents an increase of 703 workers, compared to the 2017 season. So we are growing,” Labour Minister Shahine Robinson said during a send-off ceremony for 300 Jamaicans who will take up employment opportunities in Canada for this year under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP).
The function was held at the ministry’s Overseas Employment Services Centre in downtown Kingston today.
The SAWP, which is part of the Labour Ministry’s Overseas Employment Programme, involves contractual agricultural workers who are recruited to meet the short-term demand of manual labour during planting and harvesting seasons.
