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Minister warns against payments for promise of jobs overseasSaturday, August 10, 2013

LABOUR and Social Security Minister Derrick Kellier has warned Jamaicans interested in the ministry’s overseas employment programme to not give money to persons promising them jobs abroad.At the same time, the minister urged persons who have been approached to pay for overseas employment to report the matter to the police or the ministry.“These kinds of persons have no form of registration with the Ministry of Labour and are operating illegally,” said Kellier.He said the ministry had been notified that persons have been posing as agents of the ministry and collecting monies from persons, with the promise of placing them in the jobs programme.Two persons have reportedly been arrested recently as a result of the scam.Minister Kellier was speaking on Thursday during a courtesy call by Caribbean Airlines Ltd at his downtown Kingston offices, where a partnership between the airline and the country’s overseas employment programme was highlighted.Added the minister: “No one must hand over their passports to anybody outside of one of two agents, to seek any form of employment overseas, unless you are dealing directly with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Check with us to be sure that A, B or C company is licensed to operate before you hand over your hard-earned cash.”The minister also reiterated that participation in the overseas employment programme is free of charge.— Paul Henry Minister of Labour and Social Security Derrick Kellier (centre) greets veteran farm worker Vincent Taylor at the ministry’s downtown Kingston offices. Sharing in the occasion is Caribbean Airlines Ltd’s general manager Clive Forbes.

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