Labour Market Forum 2010 - Planning Institute of Jamaica

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PROGRAMME 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Dr. Pauline Knight, CD Deputy Director General, PIOJ Welcome and Opening Remarks Session I (Chair: Dr. Pauline Knight) 9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Dr. Reynold Simons Senior Specialist, Employment and Labour Market Policies International Labour Organisation The Global Jobs Pact: Regional and International Perspective 9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson Director General, PIOJ The PIOJ Perspective: The Role of the Jamaican Labour Market in a Contracting Fiscal Environment 9:50 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. The Hon. Pearnel Charles, CD, MP, JP Minister of Labour and Social Security Ministry of Labour and Social Security Main Address 10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Entertainment by the Kingston Youth Information Centre Creative Arts Movement Session II (Chair: Prof. Neville Ying, CD) ******Coffee Break****** 11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Prof. Rosalea Hamilton Vice President, Development, University of Technology The Role of MSMEs in Economic Expansion 11:20 a.m– 11:40 a.m. Mr. Wayne Chen Chairman Jamaica Employers’ Federation Jobs for Growth: The Role of the Private Sector 11:40 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Mr. Danny Roberts, CD Head, Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Education Institute, UWI Jobs for Growth: The Trade Union Perspective 2
12:00 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. Mr. Benthan Hussey Labour Market Consultant Labour Productivity in Jamaica: Productivity in Businesses How to Improve 12:20 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. Open Floor Discussions 12:50 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Ms. Tanya Francis LMITAC Committee Member Closing Remarks/Vote of Thanks 3
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Page 16 and 17: Introduction In a nutshell the labo
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Growth of domestic capital at a fas
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⇒ It is this tacit knowledge that
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Traditional sector is not generally
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⇒ Significant investment in capac
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Overview More than a Financial Cri
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Vocational and technical training/e
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A challenge to maintain the “Cari
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It is necessary to develop and publ
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Labour Productivity an Overview →
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The level of productivity, in turn,
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Jamaica’s Labour Market: Selected
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c) Time related (69,500 and 69,300
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Productivity & the Jamaican Economy
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Table 2: Annual average increase in
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Comparative Labour Statistics (Mini
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→ No guiding philosophies (e.g.,
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Factors Contributing: Consistently
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Year Gini Coefficient Unit Labour P
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An Actual Performance Based Payment
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Elements of performance payments ar
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Should any 925 unit employee choose
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Policy Requirements: Data Standardi
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→ In many instances, as soon as o
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The simple truth is that the Privat
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We have to also bear in mind that o
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equire to be internationally compet
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Where are the future job opportunit
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employ thousands, but more importan
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time-zone gives Jamaica an advantag
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Education and Training Many Jamaica
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