Foreigners get jobs at expense of locals

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Foreigners get jobs at expense of locals

September 27, 2006, 10:36 AM

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Foreigners get jobs at expense of locals
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Dionne Rose, Parliamentary Reporter

Labour and Social Security Minister, Derrick Kellier yesterday admitted that work permits have been issued to foreigners without the jobs being advertised locally.

Mr. Kellier made the admission in the House of Representatives yesterday while answering questions tabled at a previous sitting from Opposition Spokesman on Labour, Ruddy Spencer.

This after Mr. Spencer pointed out that currently there were more than 200 machine operators without jobs, one of the categories that Mr. Kellier said was among the occupations for which work permits were granted.

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"The truth of the matter is that there have been lapses in this regard in the past," Kellier said. "But we have been insisting and there are a number of applications that are currently at the ministry that have been denied until we are satisfied that the advertisements have been properly put ... here in Jamaica and the wider CARICOM".

Mr. Kellier said the ministry was now insisting that the jobs be advertised on the ministry's labour exchange website and in the local newspapers.

Mr. Spencer also charged that work permits were granted to persons working in bars and as exotic dancers in the <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: relative; TEXT-DECORATION: underline!

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