Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, is urging all employers in the sector, to participate fully in the Jamaica Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme, which is scheduled to become operational early next year.
The first of its kind Tourism Worker’s Pension Scheme, is a contributory one that embraces some 350,000 full-time, part-time, self-employed and contract workers across the sector, including red cap porters, front desk managers, craft traders, housekeepers and raftsmen.
Speaking at the third Graduation Ceremony of the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, yesterday, Minister Bartlett said, “The Tourism Workers’ pension scheme represents the final prong in our commitment to human capital development.
Our workers deserve financial security at the end of their tenure, which this pension scheme will provide and so I urge all employers to get on board and support this landmark legislation.”
The Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme is also designed to cover all workers ages 18-59 years in the tourism sector.
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