Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica Umphathiswa, Hon. U-Edmund Bartlett, ubhengeze ukuba ubhaliso lweNkqubo yezomhlala-phantsi yabasebenzi bezoKhenketho iza kuqala nge-27 ka-Matshi 2020.
Umhlaba obalaseleyo Inkqubo yabadla umhlala-phantsi yenzelwe ukugubungela bonke abasebenzi abaneminyaka eli-18 ukuya kwengama-59 ubudala kwicandelo lezokhenketho, nokuba sisigxina, isivumelwano okanye bayazisebenzela. Oku kubandakanya abasebenzi basehotele, kunye nabantu abaqeshwe kumashishini ahambelana nalawo afana nabathengisi bezobugcisa, abathengisi bakhenkethi, abathwali bezinto ezibomvu, abasebenza kwizithuthi ezinesivumelwano kunye nabasebenzi kwiindawo ezinomtsalane.
Ethetha kwiseshoni yokukhuthaza abantu e-Hotel Tim Bamboo ePortland ngoLwesine odlulileyo [Februwari 27, 2020], uMphathiswa uBartlett uthe: “Ndinovuyo olukhulu emva kwawo wonke umsebenzi onzima wabaphathi abaphezulu boMphathiswa wam kunye neBhodi yeTrasti, ubhaliso Iskimu esi siza kuqala ngoMatshi 27, 2020, eMontego Bay Convention Centre. Ngokwenene oku kukhenketho kusebenza kubo bonke.
Ndikhuthaza bonke abasebenzi kweli candelo ukuba baphume bayokusayina ukuze baxhamle ngokunika igalelo kumhlala-phantsi wabo emva kokuzinikela kwabo ngokungadinwa.
Ibhodi yeTrasti, ejongene noXNUMXbutho, imiselwe ukwazisa uManejala wezoTyalo-mali kunye noMlawuli weNgxowa-mali oza kulawula imisebenzi ye-Scheme kungekudala.
UMphathiswa uBartlett wongeze ngelithi “uphuhliso lwemigaqo yalo Mthetho sele luza kugqitywa noluza kubonelela ngezikhokelo zenkqubo ezakusebenza.” Imigaqo iya kubonelela ngepenshini eyongeziweyo. Abaxhamli bepenshini abongezelelekileyo baya kuba ngabantu abazibandakanye no59butho beneminyaka engama-1 ubudala kwaye ngebengazange bonge imali eyaneleyo yomhlala-phantsi. Ngomjovo woMphathiswa we-XNUMX yezigidi zeedola ukongeza ingxowa-mali, aba bantu baya kufaneleka ukufumana ipenshoni encinci.
Isikimu sifumene inkxaso ebabazekayo kubasebenzi, abaqeshi nakwabanye abathathi-nxaxheba kwicandelo abathe balincoma njengesiqwengana semithetho yezentlalo eza kuba nefuthe elihle kubomi babantu abaninzi.
“Eli lixesha lokuba bonke abasebenzi bezokhenketho bazive beqinisekile ukuba ekupheleni kweminyaka yabo yenkonzo kwicandelo abalithandayo, banokuba nepenshini eqinisekisiweyo yokuzikhathalela,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
Iiseshoni zokwazisa ukufundisa abasebenzi kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba ziya kuqhubeka njengenxalenye yeenzame zoMphathiswa zokwazisa kwaye ziphelela kwiZiko leNgqungquthela laseMontego Bay ukuqala kwenkqubo yobhaliso ngoMatshi 27 ukusuka nge-9 kusasa ukuya kwi-5 ngokuhlwa.
